Oconee County Will Hire New Consultant To Help Plan For Animal Shelter Improvements, County Administrator Said

Oconee County will need to hire a new consultant to come up with a design for improvements to its Animal Shelter, Jeff Benko, county administrator, told the Animal Services Advisory Board earlier this month.

Benko said he and Animal Service Department Director Catlyn Vickers are working with Terry Tevis of Tevis Architecture to get additional information about his proposal that the county spend $2.9 million on a replacement facility.

Benko said the Board needs to know what services and areas of the existing Shelter are the top priority for upgrade and that he expected someone to make another presentation to the Board once that information is in hand.

But Benko said it is his recommendation that the person helping the Board decide what it should do next not be Tevis.

For more on the story, including a complete video of the Animal Services Advisory Board meeting, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: County Administrator Jeff Benko.