MACOMB COUNTY — During what was ostensibly a review of Macomb County Animal Control activities, County Executive Mark Hackel floated initial ideas for getting the department into a new facility.

“It’s kind of aged out. It’s beyond its extended useful purpose,” Hackel said on Oct. 2 during an event at the Macomb County Animal Control facility in Clinton Township. “We keep trying to throw some good money after some of the challenges that we’re facing, but the reality is we’ve been working with (county) commissioners and we’re working to figure out how do we come up with a new facility, much like we did with the jail project and we worked on our (Macomb County Sheriff’s Office) Marine Division out on Lake St. Clair. There are things that are capital projects that are needs for the county, an

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