COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Administrator Bud Norman said during Thursday’s County Commissioner Work Session that a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new County Animal Control Shelter has been scheduled for October 6th.
The time for the ceremony has not been scheduled yet.
Construction has been ahead of schedule after ground was broken last May. Animal Control Officer Ernie Baker says the final touches are being performed.
He does not want to put animals in the building until it’s totally ready.
The new facility was needed after a fire in May of 2015 heavily damaged the old Coldwater Sunrise Rotary Club Animal Control Shelter south of Quincy.
The new building will serve both Branch and Hillsdale Counties.
Part of a ten year deal between the two counties calls for Hillsdale County to pay $30,000 a year for the first three years. That money was used for the capitalization of the project.
