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County to consider new animal shelter bid

The Ellis County Commissioners’ Court will need another two weeks to finalize its efforts to establish a new animal sheltering service for the county. After almost an hour of discussion during Tuesday’s regular bi-weekly meeting, the court voted unanimously to cancel a bid award to So, Fetch Safe Haven and reissue a revised request for proposals that reduces the scope of the county’s involvement.

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County tables animal shelter agreement

Ellis County Commissioners moved closer Tuesday to naming a new animal sheltering provider for the county, but are trying to figure out a way to budget funds for it in the middle of a fiscal cycle. The Commissioners’ Court discussed and tabled a bid award to So, Fetch Safe Haven to take over the county’s animal shelter.

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