GENEVA – The County Board is seeking applicants for the job at the top of the county’s animal control department.

Tuesday, the County Board paved the way for the application process to begin because the board changed the official job description for the post.

In 2011, the board had altered the job description to require the next animal control director to be a veterinarian. But this month, the County Board reversed that decision, stipulating that it seeks an administrator to run the department’s business affairs while leaving the care of animals in the department’s custody to other employees and a contracted veterinarian.