(A) The animal shelter provided by the Madison County Fiscal Court or such other shelter as may be designated by the City of Richmond is hereby designated as the official animal shelter for the city.
(B) The animal shelter and all permanent equipment used in the shelter, and all equipment used by the dog wardens in the performance of their duties shall be provided by Madison County Fiscal Court.
(C) The dog warden shall be appointed by the Madison County Fiscal Court. Deputy dog wardens may be recommended by City Commission and/or Berea City Council to the Madison County Fiscal Court, and the fiscal court shall appoint the deputy dog wardens.
(D) The dog warden and deputy dog wardens shall work in cooperation with each other, giving each other aid when needed, and covering all urban and rural areas of Madison County.
(E) The city, through budgeted appropriations made in fiscal year budgets, shall appropriate such monies for the use and benefit of the Madison County Humane Society and the Madison County Animal Shelter as the Board of Commissioners, in the exercise of its sole discretion, shall from time to time deem appropriate.
(‘79 Code, § 4-30) (Ord. 76-26, passed 1-4-77; Am. Ord. 20-13, passed 6-16-20)