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Meade County approves animal-shelter contract, adds full-time animal-control officer
Summary
Meade County Fiscal Court accepted the lowest bid for a new animal-control facility and authorized the judge to execute the contract; the court also added a full-time animal-control officer position, approved the job description and amended the pay scale to address staff burnout and operational gaps.
Meade County Fiscal Court voted to accept the lowest responsive bid for a new animal-control building and authorized the judge executive to sign the contract, and the court approved creation of a new full-time animal-control officer position to relieve workload on the director and deputy.
The court’s judge described a public bid opening held Aug. 22 that drew seven bidders and said the apparent low base bid read into the record was $2,385,000 with an alternate bid of $147,000. The county explained the building requires specialized, nonpermeable materials, upgraded HVAC and exhaust systems, and a larger septic system because of the facility’s daily waste load, which the judge said makes the project costlier than a typical county building. The…
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