(A) Appointment. The Chairperson of the Board shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Board, an Animal Control Administrator. The appointment shall be for two years. The term of the presently appointed Administrator shall continue as made under prior Ord. 1993-04 and subject to re-appointment at the conclusion of the two-year term currently being served under prior Ord. 1993-04.
(B) Salary. The Administrator’s salary and expenses, if any, shall be set annually by the Board and incorporated in the annual budget. The Administrator, with the advice and consent of the Board, may appoint a Deputy Administrator and Animal Control Officers at such salary, if any, and with such expenses as shall be set annually by the Board and incorporated in the annual budget.
(C) Duties. It shall be the duty of the Administrator to control and prevent the spread of rabies through education, rabies inoculation, stray control, impoundment, quarantine and any other means deemed necessary. The Administrator shall also have the following duties:
(1) Administer the Animal Control Program in the county;
(2) Make such reports as are required by the Director of the Department of Agriculture of the state, his or her duly appointed representative, the Health and Environment Committee or the Board;
(3) Direct the activities of, and assign duties to, the personnel working in the Animal Control Program; and
(4) Perform any other duties as required by, and set forth in, the Animal Control Act, 510 ILCS 5/1 et seq.
(Ord. 2001-01, passed 6-19-2001)