Jackson Zoo Workers Move From Contract Positions to Become City Employees
The status of workers at the city's zoo will change from contract employees to city employees starting Sunday, June 6.
“We're steadily improving on every aspect of the zoo, right down to the employees that we have there, that we are proud to announce that will be coming on board this Sunday and becoming city employees, and so we're very, very excited about what we're going to be offering at the zoo," Parks and Recreation Department Deputy Director Abram Muhammad said at a media briefing on Wednesday, June 2.
On Tuesday, May 25, the Jackson City Council approved an ordinance to add four positions—zookeeper, veterinarian technician, animal care supervisor, and development director—to the City's "classification and compensation plan."
The ordinance explained that following the termination of the City's zoo management arrangement with the Jackson Zoological Society Inc. and then the negotiations with ZoOceanarium to take over that did not work out, the City has been running the zoo with contract labor.
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