The city manager may either appoint, employ or contract with persons as animal control
officers to enforce the regulations of this chapter. The manager shall have supervision
and control of the performance of duties of the animal control officer. The animal
control officer shall have full and complete authority to pick up or catch any animal
roaming at large, creating a nuisance, or infected with rabies or believed to be infected
with rabies, or infected with any other contagious or infectious diseases, or believed
to be infected, or a dog or cat not wearing a collar or harness with a license tag
attached, in any area within the city, and cause such animal to be impounded in a
suitable establishment. The animal control officer shall have a complete authority
to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
