County poundkeepers: appointment, duties, and pay

A. The council of the county may from time to time appoint, and remove, in accordance with law such number of poundkeepers as it shall consider to be necessary for the impounding of all stray animals found upon the public streets or highways or other public places in the county. Such appointment shall be in writing and, except as otherwise prohibited in this chapter, shall vest each poundkeeper with all of the powers conferred upon him by law and by this chapter. B. Each poundkeeper shall upon his appointment establish and maintain suitable shelters and furnish the necessary facilities for properly keeping such animals, and such shelters and facilities and the premises used by the poundkeeper to impound such animals shall be and constitute a public pound. C. Each poundkeeper shall be paid for his services and receive as his compensation only such fees as provided in this chapter, and the county and its officers and employees shall not be liable to such poundkeepers for their services or for the use of their property or for the expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties under the provisions of this chapter except as expressly authorized by the council of the county. (Prior code § 22-16.2)