[Amended 8-25-2022 by L.L. No. 13-2022]
There shall be a Department of Purchasing, administered by a
Director who shall be appointed by the County Executive, subject to
confirmation by the County Legislature. The Director shall hold at
minimum a Bachelor's degree and be qualified for his or her position
by training and experience, including four (4) years' experience as
a buyer, purchaser or an equivalent position. He or she shall serve
at the pleasure of the County Executive and shall have the authority
within budgetary appropriations and in accordance with County policy
or as may be otherwise required by law, to appoint and remove such
staff as may be necessary. The Director shall not hold any other public
or political office, whether elected or appointed, as long as he or
she remains in current position of County employment. He or she and
all full-time managerial employees in the department shall serve on
a full-time basis and shall not engage in any private practice nor
be employed in their field of expertise with the County by any private
or other government entity, except any such employee hired prior to
December 31, 2010 may continue in any private practice in their field
of expertise until December 31, 2013 as long as they remain in their
current position of County employment.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the Director of
Purchasing shall have the power to:
(a) Make
all purchases of equipment, materials and supplies required for any
County purpose and contract for the rental and servicing of equipment
for all County departments in accordance with the requirements established
by law or by the County Legislature;
(b) Assure
suitable specifications or standards for all materials, supplies and
equipment to be purchased and assure inspection. Of all deliveries to determine their compliance with such
specifications and standards;
(c) Make
purchases for municipalities or other civil divisions of the County
upon the written request of the governing body thereof;
(d) Have
authority to transfer or reassign equipment, material and supplies
among offices, departments and agencies of the County upon approval
of the County Executive;
(e) Operate
and maintain facilities for providing mailing as may be authorized
by the County Executive or the County Legislature;
(f) Be
responsible for disposing of any surplus, obsolete or unwanted County
property in a manner provided by state law;
(g) Perform
such other and related duties as may be required by the County Executive;
and
(h) Perform
all the duties now or hereafter conferred or imposed by law.
[Added 9-3-2019 by L.L. No. 12-2019]
There shall be a Department of Tourism under the direction of
a Director of Tourism who shall be appointed by the County Executive
subject to confirmation by the County Legislature. The Director shall
serve at the pleasure of the County Executive. He or she shall have
the power, within budgetary appropriations, and in accordance with
County policy, or as may be otherwise required by law, to appoint
and remove such staff as he or she deems necessary. The Director shall
serve on a full time basis and shall not engage in any private practice
nor be employed in their field of expertise with the County by any
private or other governmental entity.
[Added 9-3-2019 by L.L. No. 12-2019]
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the Director of
Tourism shall have the power to:
(a) Promote
tourism in Putnam County;
(b) Serve
as the County’s representative as the official Tourism Promotion
Agency ("TPA") under the regulations of the I Love New York Matching
Funds program, which is administered by Empire State Development,
Market New York and Matching Funds Program;
(c) Promote
already existing attractions, help develop new tourism related events
and attractions, and help provide an environment conducive to attracting
tourists to Putnam County;
(d) Create,
update, compile and publish brochures and guides that encompass all
tourism sites, accommodations, restaurants, a county map, transportation
information, brief town histories, county historical information and
any and all other information relevant to tourism events and destinations
within and throughout the County;
(e) Promote
events throughout the year by advertising in regional and State-wide
newspapers, magazines, trade publications and on radio and/or television
stations;
(f) Maintain
a presence on the internet and social media outlets with continual
updates and posts relative to upcoming events, attractions, business
openings, as well as permanent tourist attractions, restaurants and
other tourism-related events;
(g) Promote
tourism and tourist-related events, including, without limitation,
annual and/or seasonal special events at tourist sites such as: Tilly
Foster Farm and Tilly's Table, Boscobel, Putnam County Veteran's Memorial
Park, Putnam County Golf Course, as well as various food and beverage
festivals, tourism lecture series and any and all other events and
festivals of interest to the general public;
(h) Work
closely with the Putnam County Economic Development Corporation to
assist in the marketing of local businesses and economic ventures
related to tourism;
(i) Report
to the Legislature on a quarterly basis, or as often as is directed,
relative to the operations of the department;
(j) Perform
such other and related duties as may be required by the County Executive.