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Ashe County moves forward on animal-shelter site study, approves pay increase for part-time shelter worker

Ashe County Board of Commissioners · December 1, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners authorized hiring Withers Ravenel for due-diligence on a potential West Jefferson animal-shelter site and approved raising a part-time shelter position from $12.75 to $14 per hour to improve recruitment.

The Ashe County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 1 approved two steps intended to advance a planned animal shelter: contracting a consulting/engineering firm to do initial due-diligence on a West Jefferson option and increasing pay for a hard-to-fill part-time shelter position.

Manager reported the county has an option on a parcel inside the West Jefferson town limits for a future shelter and recommended Withers Ravenel…

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