The elective county officers, other than members of the Board
of Supervisors shall be:
Assessor
District Attorney
Sheriff
A Board of Education which shall be elected as required by State
Law.
Appointive county officers, boards and commissions shall be
those enumerated in Section 26 and 27 of this Article, and those provided
for by general law, together with such other officers, boards and
commissions as may hereafter be made appointive by the Board of Supervisors,
pursuant to the provisions of this Charter.
The Board of Supervisors shall, subject to the provisions of
this Charter, appoint a County Executive, a Board of Law Library Trustees,
and a Civil Service Commission.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Charter to the contrary
or inconsistent therewith, the Board of Supervisors may appoint a
County Counsel and fix his compensation. The County Counsel shall
be duly qualified and licensed attorney admitted to practice in all
of the Courts of the State of California. He shall act as legal advisory
and counsel for the various county officers, boards and commissions,
as prescribed by general laws. He shall also act as attorney for the
Public Administrator in the matter of all the estates under the jurisdiction
of the Public Administrator, and in every such matter collect the
attorney fees allowed by law and pay same into the County Treasury.
The first appointment shall be made from the Civil Division of the
District Attorney's Office. If the person appointed has permanent
Civil Service status, he shall have the same status as County Counsel.
All employees of the Civil Division of the District Attorney's Office
shall become employees of the Office of County Counsel and shall retain
their civil service status in the same grade and class.
(1968)
The County Executive shall, subject to confirmation by the Board
of Supervisors, appoint a:
Coroner
Surveyor
County Engineer
Tax Collector
License Collector
County Clerk
Public Administrator
Director of Finance
Recorder
Agricultural Commissioner and Sealer of Weights and Measures
County Librarian
Purchasing Agent
and such other officers as are not mentioned in the foregoing Section
26. The Tax Collector shall be exofficio License Collector. The offices of the Coroner and Public Administrator are hereby consolidated. The offices of Surveyor and County Engineer are hereby consolidated, and the duties required by law to be performed by the Surveyor shall be performed by the Engineer. The former offices of Auditor and Treasurer are hereby consolidated and their duties shall be performed by the Director of Finance.
If the Board of Supervisors shall, within thirty days after
submission by the County Executive of a nominee for confirmation by
said Board, fail to take action upon same, said failure so to act
shall be conclusively deemed to be, and shall operate as, a confirmation
by the said Board.
The Board of Education shall appoint a Superintendent of Schools.
(1968)
All county officers holding offices which were elective immediately
prior to the time this Charter takes effect shall continue to hold
their respective offices until the expiration of their present terms,
unless sooner removed in the manner provided by law. The terms of
all other county officers shall expire upon the taking effect of this
Charter, provided, however, that each shall continue to hold office
until his successor has been appointed and has qualified.
Terms of all officers, employees, boards and commissions, unless
otherwise herein or by law provided, shall be at the pleasure of the
appointing power.
The manner and method of appointment and removal of the probation
officer and assistants and the members of the probation committee,
shall be as is now or as hereafter may be provided by general law.
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any elective county or township
office, other than in the Board of Supervisors, the Board of Supervisors
shall fill the same in the manner, and the appointee shall hold office
for the time, provided by general law.
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any appointive county or township
office such vacancy shall be filled, subject to the manner and method
herein provided with respect to the original appointment, by the person,
board or commission, as the case may be, empowered herein to make
such original appointment.
Every appointive officer appointed by the Board of Supervisors
may be suspended or removed by the Board of Supervisors. Every appointive
officer appointed by the County Executive may be suspended or removed
by him, except that any suspension or removal of such officer must
first be confirmed by the Board of Supervisors. If the officer is
a part of the classified service, the suspension or removal shall
be in accordance with Section 45-A and the rules of the Civil Service
Commission which are applicable to the classified service.
(1969)
The annual compensation of elective officers of the County of
Sacramento shall be fixed by Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors.
The annual compensation of the appointive officers of the County
of Sacramento shall be fixed by Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors shall by ordinance fix and regulate
the appointment and number of assistants, deputies, clerks, attaches
and other persons to be employed, from time to time, in the several
offices of the County, and they shall, in like manner, prescribe and
regulate the powers, duties, qualifications and compensation of such
persons, the times at which and the terms for which they shall be
appointed, and the manner of their appointment and removal, as in
this Charter provided; provided, however, that such ordinance shall
authorize elective officers to appoint their deputies and such subordinates
as shall be designated and provided by said ordinance, and that appointive
officers may appoint their deputies and subordinates, subject to the
approval of the County Executive.
NOTE: The provisions of this Section insofar as it relates to
the removal and appointment of employees in civil service positions
are abrogated by the provisions of Article XVI. Section 37A provides
that the Board may establish or eliminate positions by resolution,
as well as by ordinance.
The Board of Supervisors shall establish a uniform rate of compensation
for chief deputies, deputies, assistants, clerks, secretaries, stenographers,
typists, copyists, and others, in the employ of the County of Sacramento,
not including professionally educated persons so employed, which rate
of compensation shall be as recommended by the County Executive.
Except as otherwise required by state law, the Board of Supervisors
may provide for the compensation of officers and employees by resolution
or contract with recognized employee organizations, as well as by
ordinance and may establish or eliminate positions by resolution,
as well as by ordinance.
(1978)
The Judges of the Superior Court may appoint the phonographic
reporters, subject to the provisions of the
Code of Civil Procedure
of the State of California, but the Board of Supervisors shall by
ordinance determine the fees to be charged by such phonographic reporters.
Every county or township officer, board or commission, authorized
to collect fees or money must pay into the county treasury all such
fees or moneys collected by him or them, as the case may be, not later
than seven days following receipt thereof, except that the Tax Collector
shall deposit his collection with the County Treasurer daily. Said
officer, board or commission shall also file therewith a detailed
statement of same in writing, a duplicate copy of which shall at the
same time be filed with the Auditor, in such form as the Auditor may
require.