A.
There
is created in the county the office which shall be known and designated
as that of "county administrator."
B.
The
position of county administrator shall be filled by appointment by
the board of supervisors, at a salary to be set by the board.
C.
No member
of the board of supervisors of the county, during the term for which
he has been elected or appointed or for one year thereafter, shall
be eligible for appointment as county administrator.
(Ord. 57 § 1, 1957)
A.
The
county administrator shall be, and is, appointed as:
C.
No separate or additional compensation or benefits shall be provided to the county administrator for performing the functions and supervising, managing, controlling and directing the activities identified in subsections A and B of this section. The compensation set by the board of supervisors for the county administrator, including salary and all fringe benefits, include the compensation to the county administrator for performing the functions and supervising, managing, controlling and directing the activities identified in subsections A and B of this section.
(Ord. 982 § 3, 1997; Ord. 985 § 3, 1997)
The county administrator shall supervise, for the board of supervisors,
the administration of all departments, districts, institutions, services,
commissions and personnel of the county over which the board has responsibility
and control. In addition, the county administrator shall act as the
administrative officer for the board to enforce all rules, regulations
and ordinances which it has the power to apply to departments, districts,
institutions, commissions, services and personnel, elective and appointive.
(Ord. 57 § 2, 1957)
The county administrator shall have the following powers, duties
and responsibilities:
A.
To recommend an annual county budget and to exercise continuous budgetary control, as set forth in Section 2.08.040;
B.
To require
reports of departmental activities when necessary to the accomplishment
of his duties;
C.
To recommend
desirable rearrangements of departments and functions, and to recommend
improved forms and procedures;
D.
To represent
the county in its intergovernmental relationships when so authorized
by the board of supervisors;
E.
To conduct
research into administrative practices;
F.
To recommend
a long term plan of capital improvements, with accompanying financial
plans for their accomplishments;
G.
To direct
such central administrative services as may be found to be desirable,
including the maintenance of buildings and grounds, the maintenance
and control of transportation, the maintenance of central office services,
including personnel and equipment;
H.
To supervise
and direct the purchase of certain property, equipment and supplies
as directed by the board of supervisors;
I.
To perform
such other duties as he may be directed or authorized to perform by
the board of supervisors; provided however, that no provision of this
chapter shall be deemed to grant any power to, or impose any duty
upon the county administrator which is in conflict with any power
or duty vested by law in any other department, district, institution,
board, commission or personnel of the county;
J.
To administer
the general policies of the board of supervisors, and shall employ
such assistants and employees as he deems necessary, subject to the
approval of the board of supervisors.
(Ord. 57 § 3, 1957)
In order that the county administrator may perform his duties as set forth in Section 2.08.030, the board of supervisors directs:
A.
Each
official, board, commission or person who is or which is the administrative
head of each department, district, commission, institution or service
of the county, for which or for whom the board of supervisors of the
county is required by law to adopt an annual budget, shall prepare
and file with the county auditor, in duplicate, the estimate in writing
of the probable requirements of each in detail for the next succeeding
fiscal year, including a schedule of employment positions and compensation
showing any increases or decreases requested over the preceding fiscal
year, and the number of such positions and rates of compensation therefor,
and showing the necessities of said department or officer to be provided
for in the annual budget.
B.
Upon
receipt of such written estimates, the county auditor shall file one
copy thereof with the county administrator. The county administrator,
upon receipt of such estimates, shall immediately proceed to examine
the same and make such investigations and studies in regard thereto
as he deems necessary, and to hold departmental hearings on the budget
estimates and to examine such estimates, which hearings and examinations
shall be concluded by the county administrator and his decision reached
prior to the commencement of departmental hearings by the board of
supervisors, and to submit to the board of supervisors his recommendations.
C.
The
county administrator shall administer the budget and shall, within
ten days after the receipt thereof, review all requests for appropriation
transfers and none shall be approved or disapproved by the board of
supervisors until he makes a recommendation to the board. He shall
supervise expenditures of all offices, departments and institutions,
elective and appointive. He shall review all proposed expenditures
for capital outlay or replacement to determine their necessity, and
shall recommend such revisions as may be deemed appropriate; however,
the person requesting the expenditure may bring the matter before
the board of supervisors for review. The county administrator may
recommend to the board the establishment of a budgetary allotment
system and such other expenditure controls that he believes to be
necessary or desirable.
D.
To coordinate
the administration of all departments, services, institutions or districts
under his supervision, and to accomplish said purpose the county administrator
is given the power and authority, pursuant to orders of the board
of supervisors, to transfer equipment, machinery, furnishings or supplies
from one department, service, institution or district to another;
to make recommendations to the board of supervisors for the temporary
transfer of each personnel as in his judgment is necessary from time
to time to enable the respective departments, services, institutions
or districts to perform their functions or accomplish their work with
the greatest efficiency.
E.
To recommend
to the board of supervisors the creation or abolition of positions
in any of the departments, services, institutions or districts of
the county. The board of supervisors declares it to be the policy
of the board that no new positions be created or filled in any fiscal
year after the adoption of the final budget, except such as may be
made necessary by unforeseen or unanticipated emergencies; and further,
that no new positions shall be created or filled in any of the departments,
services, institutions or districts of the county, without the recommendation
thereon of the county administrator.
(Ord. 57 § 4, 1957)
The county administrator may call upon any department, board,
commission, district or person under his supervision to perform any
service with such officer or employee as is legally required or authorized
to be performed, in carrying out any of the powers and duties vested
in the county administrator by this chapter.
(Ord. 57 § 5, 1957)
Any official, board, commission or person who is or which is
the administrative head of any department, who is dissatisfied with
any decision of the county administrator that affects such office,
department, board, commission, district or person, may appeal to the
board of supervisors after submitting a written statement to the county
administrator of his intention to do so and the general reasons therefor.
The decision of the board shall be final.
(Ord. 57 § 6, 1957)
