The office of the County Executive is hereby created, and the
person holding such office shall be chief executive officer of the
County. The County Executive shall be a person of demonstrated administrative
ability, having had experience in responsible, important executive
capacity, and shall be selected and appointed on the basis of his
executive and administrative qualifications. No member of the Board
of Supervisors, or of the Board of Freeholders who prepared this Charter,
and no person who has held an elective county office in this County
during the preceding year, shall be eligible to hold such office as
the first appointee thereto. Thereafter, no member of the Board of
Supervisors shall be eligible for appointment to the office of County
Executive during the term of office of such Supervisor, nor within
one year after his retirement therefrom.
The County Executive, subject to the approval of the Board of
Supervisors, may appoint a qualified member of his staff to act in
his place and stead during his absence. Such appointment may be terminated
at any time by the Board of Supervisors, in which event the Board
of Supervisors shall appoint one of the County Officers, to be by
them designated, as acting County Executive.
(1959)
The County Executive may be removed by the Board of Supervisors,
four-fifths of the members thereof voting in favor of such removal.
It shall be necessary for the Board of Supervisors in the Resolution
of Removal, to set forth the reasons therefor; said Resolution shall
not become effective until ten days after its adoption, but said officer
may be suspended in the meantime; provided, however, that the Board
of Supervisors may by unanimous vote remove said County Executive
without giving any reason for such removal, in which case said Resolution
of Removal may be made effective immediately.
The County Executive shall serve at the will of the appointing
power, provided, however, that the County Executive first appointed
under this Charter, may not be removed within two years from the date
on which he assumes his duties, except for incompetency, malfeasance,
misfeasance, or neglect of duties, nor shall any County Executive
subsequently appointed be removed within twelve months from the date
on which he assumes his duties, except for the same causes.
The County Executive shall receive a salary which shall be fixed
by the Board of Supervisors prior to his appointment, and annually
thereafter. Such salary shall be payable in twelve equal monthly installments.
(1957)
