There shall be three County Commissioners of Kent County after the expiration of the terms of the two County Commissioners who were elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November 1913.
[Amended 10-2-1990 by Bill No. 8-90; 12-6-1994 by Bill No. 6-94; 9-15-1998 by Bill No. 4-98; 6-4-2002 by Bill No. 4-2002; 6-17-2014 by Bill No. 3-2014]
Three County Commissioners of Kent County shall be elected at the general election to be held on a Tuesday after the first Monday of November in 1946 and every fourth year thereafter for a term of four years. They shall have all of the powers and perform all of the duties that are now or hereafter may be imposed on them by law, and they shall receive a salary of $15,000 per annum. Commissioners taking office on or after December 2, 2014, shall receive a salary of $20,000 per annum and shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in performance of their duties as County Commissioners. They shall not be compensated for serving on the Board of License Commissioners or serving as ex-officio members of any other County boards or committees.
[Added 6-6-2017 by Bill No. 1-2017]
A candidate for County Commissioner shall be at least 21 years of age, a registered voter of Kent County, and a resident thereof at the time of election and during the entire time of service.
[Amended 12-6-1994 by Bill No. 6-94; 6-6-2017 by Bill No. 1-2017]
Said County Commissioners may meet on Tuesdays, but shall meet at least two Tuesdays each month, or at other times as may be necessary. the Commissioners shall set the meeting schedule at the beginning of the calendar year or from time to time as necessary.
[Amended 3-1-1994 by Bill No. 1-94]
A. 
Total session days. The County Commissioners may sit 45 days in each year for the purpose of enacting legislation; such legislation days may, but need not, be consecutive.
B. 
Annual legislative session. The County Commissioners may meet for an annual legislative session up to 15 legislative days commencing on the second Tuesday of May of each year.
C. 
Monthly legislative session days. The County Commissioners may also meet on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, except in November in a County Commissioners election year, for the purpose of enacting legislation, but if said first or third Tuesday shall be a holiday, said session day may be held on the next succeeding Tuesday which is not a holiday.
[Amended 6-6-2017 by Bill No. 1-2017]
D. 
Emergency sessions. The County Commissioners may be called into emergency session for the purpose of enacting emergency legislation by a majority of the County Commissioners.
E. 
Quorum. A majority of the County Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that for emergency sessions the attendance of all of the County Commissioners shall be required.
F. 
Rules of procedure. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners to adopt rules of procedure for the legislative sessions.
[Amended 12-6-1994 by Bill No. 6-94; 6-6-2017 by Bill No. 1-2017]
The County Commissioners shall establish, from time to time, the hours County offices shall remain open during the weekdays.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section 1-6, Clerk, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 12-6-1994 by Bill No. 6-94.
The President and County Administrator or the designee of said Commissioners may administer oaths relating to the business matters of said Board in all cases required by the laws of this state or the rules and regulations of said Commissioners.
The County Commissioners of Kent County, Maryland, are hereby expressly authorized to establish and maintain a general system of pensions and retirement and group insurance for the benefit and advantage of its officers and employees, with necessary classifications and terms of admissions. The County Commissioners also shall have the authority to make special provisions for retirement funds for employees who reach retirement age prior to the origination of a retirement system.
A. 
The Official Flag of Kent County, Maryland, is one bearing the Great Seal of Kent County upon a blue field with, inscribed in white above the Seal, the word "Kent" and below the Seal the word "County" and below that the date "1642," signifying the year the County was established.
[Amended 5-1-1990 by Bill No. 4-90]
B. 
The Great Seal of Kent can be generally described as consisting of a shield bearing the full blazonry of the House of Stuarts, within the center a lion rampant of the paternal shield of Nassau, denoting the House of Orange. The inclusion of the heraldic symbols of the Houses of Stuart and Orange signifies the joint sovereignty of William of Orange and Mary of the House of Stuart at the time the seal was adopted.