City, county renew animal control agreement (improvements may be coming to dog pound)

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. After several months of negotiations and two sets of managers shepherding the process, the Monticello City Council and Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners finally have a renewed animal control agreement. The Board of County Commissioners approved the new agreement on Thursday evening, Sept. 15, following the City Council’s earlier approval of the arrangement. As explained to the commissioners by County Manager Douglas Baber, Monticello will con