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Council moves to promote code-enforcement supervisor and hire support after kennel incident

Benton City Council · July 3, 2025
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Summary

Council agreed to proceed with a memorandum approving promotion of Jenny to code-enforcement supervisor and to hire a supporting code-enforcement/animal-control worker; staff will implement the change through the salary ordinance and the negotiated CBA.

The Benton City Council on July 1 agreed to implement a memorandum that promotes Jenny to supervisor of code enforcement and to hire a new code-enforcement/animal-control position, council members and staff said.

The mayor described a recent safety issue at the city kennels involving a pit bull and said the personnel change is necessary to protect staff and improve enforcement capacity. “This has come to a head last month when we had an…

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