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DeWitt County Board Approves Morton Buildings For Architectural Drawings For Animal Shelter

The DeWitt County Board has taken a step forward in the process of building a new animal shelter.

Thursday night the Board approved to enter into an agreement with Morton Buildings for $18-thousand for architectural plans, drawings and specifications for a new animal shelter. DeWitt County Board Chair Melonie Tilley says the next step is to work with Morton to put together the final drawings of the buildings for the County.

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Tilley calls this approval a "big step" in finishing the ongoing process. She feels this gets them one step closer to going out for bids and then breaking ground to get the building construction going.

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The total cost of the project will ultimately be around $360-thousand. Tilley realizes there is a lot of concern towards the cost, she says they may go without features to the building to save and then add those features as well. One possible solution to reducing the cost to the County would be grants she has researched.

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Tilley's hope was to have ground broken by late spring. Those plans may be pushed back to early summer, but the overall goal is to have the shelter complete by the end of the year.

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