[Amended 12-27-2010 by L.L. No. 7-2011; 4-8-2015 by L.L. No. 7-2015]
1. There
shall be a Putnam County Board of Elections constituted according
to state law. The Commissioners of Elections shall be appointed by
the County Legislature in accordance with the State Election Law,
and shall have and exercise all powers and duties now or hereafter
conferred or imposed by applicable law. The certificate of party recommendation
required by § 3-204 of the Election Law shall be filed with
the Clerk of the Legislature at least 30 days but no more than 60
days before the 1st day of January in any year in which a Commissioner
of Elections must be appointed.
2. The Board
of Elections shall file with the Commissioner of Finance and the County
Legislature by the 15th of November of each year the salaries set
for election workers for the upcoming year pursuant to Section 3-300
of the New York State Election Law.
There shall be an Office of Probation headed
by a Director of Probation appointed in the manner provided by state
law. The Director of Probation shall have and exercise all powers
and duties now or hereafter conferred or imposed by applicable law.
There shall be a County Jury Board constituted
according to the State Judiciary Law. The County Jury Board shall
appoint a Commissioner of Jurors, who shall have and exercise all
the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred or imposed by law.
[Amended 5-6-2014 by L.L.
No. 6-2014]
For the purpose of better providing for the
needs of the elderly, there shall be an Office for Senior Resources
in Putnam County. The Office for Senior Resources shall be headed
by a Director appointed by the County Executive subject to confirmation
by the County Legislature. He or she shall be responsible to and serve
at the pleasure of the County Executive and have all the powers and
duties now or hereafter conferred or imposed by state or local law
or by the County Executive.
[Amended 7-5-2006 by L.L. No. 8-2006]
There shall be an Office of Consumer Affairs/Weights
and Measure/Trades Licensing and Registration under the direction
of a Director of Consumer Affairs/Weights and Measures/Trades Licensing
and Registration who shall be appointed by the County Executive subject
to confirmation by the County Legislature on the basis of his or her
experience and qualifications for the office. Among his or her other
duties, the Director shall be responsible for the direct and daily
supervision of the employees of the Plumbing and Mechanical Trades
Board, the Electrical Board and the Home Improvement Board. The Director
of Consumer Affairs/Weights and Measures/Trades Licensing and Registration
may also serve as the Sealer of Weights and Measures. He or she shall
have and exercise all the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred
or imposed by local law or the County Legislature.
There shall be a County Sealer of Weights and
Measures who shall be appointed by the County Executive subject to
confirmation by the County Legislature on the basis of experience
and qualifications for the office. He or she shall have and perform
all the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred or imposed by
applicable law.
Putnam County shall fulfill its obligation to
provide legal counsel to indigent defendants in criminal matters and
Family Court matters as required by law and as the County Legislature
may approve.
[Amended 6-19-2012 by L.L. No. 11-2012; 12-22-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
The Office of Coroner in the County is hereby continued. The
office shall be filled by the election of three coroners to four-year
terms, except as otherwise provided in this section. Each coroner
shall have the powers and perform all the duties now or hereafter
conferred or imposed by law and perform such other and related duties
as required by the County Executive and the County Legislature. There
shall be a Coordinator of Coroners who shall be chosen annually from
among the coroners by a majority vote. The duties of the Coordinator
of Coroners shall be:
A. To coordinate
the schedules of the coroners of the County to insure that there is
twenty-four (24) hour coverage, seven days a week;
B. To prepare
and submit on behalf of the coroners the estimates of revenues and
appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year as prescribed under § 7.04A3
of this Charter;
C. To recommend
to the County Executive standardized forms for use by all the coroners
of the County;
D. To insure
that the office is complying with all statutes, laws, rules and regulations
of both the state and the County.
[Amended 5-5-2009 by L.L. No. 12-2009]
All other County boards, agencies, offices and
functions including, but not limited to, the Soil Conservation District
Board, shall continue as provided by law, except that members thereof
required to be appointed by the County Government shall be appointed
by the County Legislature. There shall be a County Emergency Services
Safety Advisory Board appointed by the County Executive and confirmed
by the Putnam County Legislature. The Director of the County Veterans
Agency shall be appointed by the County Executive, as provided by
State Executive Law § 357.
Administrative units and functions not otherwise
assigned by this Charter, the Administrative Code or other acts or
resolutions of the County Legislature may be assigned by the County
Executive to units within the County government.
There shall be a County Historian appointed
by the County Executive, subject to confirmation by the County Legislature
upon the basis of his or her experience and qualifications for the
office. The County Historian shall preserve, interpret and promote
the history of Putnam County and shall have all the powers and perform
all the duties conferred or imposed by applicable law.
TITLE II
Bureau of Emergency Services
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[Amended 5-5-2009 by L.L. No. 12-2009; 9-1-2015 by L.L. No. 12-2015]
There shall be a Bureau of Emergency Services
under the direction of a Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Services
who shall be appointed by the County Executive. Such appointment shall
be subject to a vote of two-thirds (2/3) confirmation of the County
Legislature. The Commissioner shall be directly responsible to and
shall serve at the pleasure of the County Executive. He or she shall
be appointed on the basis of his or her training and experience in
the administration of emergency services efforts.
[Amended 12-4-2007 by L.L. No. 19-2007]
The Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency
Services shall appoint a Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency
Services who shall act generally for and in the place of the Commissioner
of the Bureau of Emergency Services in the event of his or her absence
from the County or inability to perform and exercise the powers and
duties of office. The Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency
Services shall have the powers and shall perform all of the duties
of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Services only in the
event that the Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Services is
absent or unable to perform and exercise the powers and duties of
such office.
The Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency
Services may also appoint additional deputies who shall have the powers
and who shall perform all the duties of the Commissioner of the Bureau
of Emergency Services only in the event that both the Commissioner
and Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Services are absent
or unable to perform and exercise the powers and duties of such office.
Such additional deputies shall be designated in writing and in order
of succession by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Services
and shall be filed with the County Executive and with the Clerk of
the County Legislature. Such designations may be revoked at any time
by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Services by filing
a new written designation and order of succession.
The Commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency
Services shall appoint, within budgetary appropriations, such deputies,
assistants, staff and other employees of his or her department as
may be necessary. All emergency services coordinators, deputies, assistants,
employees and staff of the department shall be directly responsible
to and shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of the Bureau
of Emergency Services.