TITLE I
Other County Functions
[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
[Added 4-2-2024 by L.L. No. 3-2024[1]]
The Director shall have the following powers and duties:
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 office;
J. 
Perform such other and related duties as may be required by the County Executive.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law was subject to permissive referendum; no valid petition was received.
[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.