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Meade County approves animal control officer position and awards $2.53 million animal-shelter contract
Summary
Meade County Fiscal Court approved a new full-time animal control officer position, amended the pay scale and job description, and accepted the lowest bid from Prodigy Construction to build a new animal-control facility — a contract the court described at roughly $2.532 million, with county cost‑saving measures and fundraising to reduce net expense.
Meade County Fiscal Court on a unanimous vote approved the addition of a full-time Animal Control Officer (ACO), adopted a job description and amended the county pay scale to add the new classification, and awarded a construction contract for a new animal-control facility.
The court voted to add the ACO role after several magistrates and county leaders described persistent turnover and operational strain at the animal shelter. The new ACO position is a non‑supervisory, pay‑grade‑12 role intended to separate field enforcement and day‑to‑day shelter work from the director’s management duties and to create a career ladder from technician to ACO to deputy to…
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