(A) 
Appointment of Administrator; removal. The County Board shall appoint, at its first regular meeting in December of each year, an Animal Control Administrator, who shall be a licensed Illinois veterinarian. The Administrator's duties shall include those prescribed by statutes, this Code, and the Rules and Regulations relating to the Animal Control Act as have been or may hereafter be adopted by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois pursuant to Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 510, Section 5/1. The Administrator's salary and expenses shall be established annually by the County Board in the annual budget prior to the appointment. The Administrator may be removed from office by the County Board Chairperson with the advice and consent of the County Board.
(B) 
Sheriff designated as supervisor of Animal Control Wardens. The County Board designates the Monroe County Sheriff as supervisor of the Monroe County Animal Control Warden(s) as county employees, the Sheriff is to coordinate with the Administrator to provide Animal Control functions and services as required. The Sheriff shall plan, coordinate and direct Monroe County Employees (animal control wardens) to include but not limited to all the interrelated work activities of employees, evaluate employees, investigate complaints and administer discipline.
The Board shall provide necessary personnel, equipment, supplies, and facilities, and shall operate pounds or contract for their operation as necessary to effectuate the program. The Board may enter into contracts or agreements with persons to assist in the operation of the program.
The Board shall be authorized to utilize monies from the County’s General Corporate Fund and the Animal Control Fund to carry out the provisions and the intent of this Code. (See 510 ILCS 5/3)
The Board is authorized by ordinance to require the registration of dogs and may impose an individual animal and litter registration fee. All persons selling dogs or keeping registries of dogs shall cooperate and provide information as required by the Board, including sales, number of litters, and ownership of dogs.
(A) 
Enforcement of chapter. The Administrator and the Administrator’s deputies and agents and employees of the County Animal Control Department shall enforce and abide by all provisions of this Code.
(B) 
Enforcement of state animal control laws. The Administrator and the Administrator’s deputies and agents or employees of the County Animal Control Department shall enforce and abide by all section of the Illinois Animal Control Act and the Illinois Humane Care for Animals Act, including the rules and regulations relating to the same as duly promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture.
(C) 
Control and prevention of rabies. It shall be the duty of the Administrator, through education, rabies inoculation, stray control, impoundment, quarantine, and any other means deemed necessary, to control and prevent the spread of rabies in the County.
(A) 
Police power. The Administrator, Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control Wardens are, for the purpose of enforcing this Chapter, clothed with power of police officers in the County and with the County are peace officers in the enforcement of this Chapter, and of the similar provisions of the State statutes relating to animals and rabies, including issuance and service of citations and orders, and, as such peace officers have the power to make arrests on view or warrants for violations of this Chapter and to execute and serve all warrants and processes issued by any Circuit Court; however, such officers are prohibited from carrying concealed weapons.
(B) 
Cooperation of police department. The Sheriff and his deputies and municipal police officers shall cooperate with the Administrator in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter and the State statutes.
(A) 
Notification. Upon cause, the Administrator shall be informed by the Board as to the reason or reasons which would constitute a basis for removing the Administrator.
(B) 
Removal by Board Chairperson. The Administrator may be removed by the County Board Chairperson with the advice and consent of the County Board after being informed as to the causes which would constitute a basis for his/her removal.
(C) 
Appointment of replacement. Upon the expiration of his/her term as Administrator, the County Board Chairperson may appoint another person as Administrator or may reappoint the current Administrator for a new term, according to law.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Chapter and the State Animal Control Act and the State Humane Care for Animals Act, and making inspections hereunder, the Administrator, or his authorized representatives, agents or deputies, or any officer of the law, may enter upon private premises to apprehend a straying dog or other animal, a dangerous dog or other animal, a vicious dog, or a dog or other animal thought to be infected with rabies. If after request therefore, the owner of such dog or other animal shall refuse to deliver the dog or other animal to the officer, the owner shall be in violation of this Chapter and of the State Animal Control Act.