(A) The Administrator shall enforce and abide by all sections of the State Animal Control Act (510 ILCS 5/1 et seq.) and this chapter, including the rules and regulations relating to the Act and this chapter.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Administrator, through sterilization, humane education, rabies inoculation, stray control, impoundment, quarantine and any other means deemed necessary, to control and prevent the spread of rabies and to exercise dog and cat overpopulation control. It shall also be the duty of the Administrator to investigate and substantiate all claims made under 510 ILCS 5/19 of the State Animal Control Act. The duty may include return, adoption, transfer to rescues or other animal shelters, and any other means of ensuring live outcomes of homeless dogs and cats and through sterilization, community outreach, impoundment of pets at risk and any other humane means deemed necessary to address strays and ensure live outcomes for dogs and cats that are not a danger to the community or suffering irremediably. It shall be a further duty of the Administrator to provide animal protection services to animals within the county and oversee the operations of the county’s animal shelter facility.
(C) The Administrator, Deputy Administrators and animal control officers shall have the power of peace officers for the limited purposes of issuing and serving citations and order for violation of this chapter and the Animal Control Act, 510 ILCS 5/1 et seq. Animal control officers may use tranquilizer guns and equipment.
(1980 Code, § 90.03) (Res. 99-61, adopted 2-18-1999; Res. 06-122, adopted 3-16-2006; Ord. 24-19, passed 1-18-2024)
Statutory reference:
Duties and powers of Administrator or Deputy Administrator, see 510 ILCS 5/5