[Amended 4-26-2007 by Ord. No. 15-07]
A.
County Council shall employ a staff to serve County
Council in fulfillment of its duties. Council staff shall serve as
at-will employees at the pleasure of the Council.
B.
County Council shall employ a County Council staff to provide assistance
and advise the Chief of Staff regarding the operations of the Office
of County Council and actions undertaken by the Council. County Council
staff shall report to and be supervised by the Chief of Staff; however,
nothing contained within this article shall be construed or interpreted
to prohibit any Council staff member from directly seeking the advice
and/or action of the Executive Committee when appropriate or necessary.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the renumbering
of former Subsection B as Subsection C.
C.
The appropriation in each annual operating budget
for County Council's per-meeting stipends, expenses, total staff compensation
and office expenses shall not exceed 0.4% of the County's annual locally
levied tax revenues as detailed in the most recent annually audited
report of the County.
A.
County Council Staff shall perform such duties as assigned by the
President of the Council and the Chairpersons of the Council Committees
through the Chief of Staff or the Council Clerk.
[Amended 5-23-2017 by Ord. No.
13-17]
B.
The Chief of Staff shall propose procedures for the operations of
the Office of County Council and shall be responsible for implementing
such procedures once they are adopted by the Executive Committee or
Council, consistent with the Rules of Council, Article 1, Rule E.1.i.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the renumbering
of former Subsection B as Subsection C.
C.
The duties of the County Council Clerk shall include,
but not be limited to, the following:
(1)
Assure that accurate minutes of County Council
are recorded and maintained.
(2)
Have custody of all papers which may be presented
to County Council.
(3)
Transmit papers from County Council to a committee
of County Council.
(4)
File all papers and any matter on which final
action may have been taken by County Council.
(5)
Record and file in his office all Ordinances
and Resolutions and publish all those requiring publication.
(6)
Act as Clerk to all committees of County Council.
(7)
Keep accurate minutes of all actions of the
committees to which he shall be Clerk.
(8)
Keep the books and papers under custody and
control, which shall be kept open during normal business hours.
(9)
Furnish all transcripts, orders and certificates
called for by any person, and authenticate the same by his official
signature under his Seal.
(10)
Transmit all adopted ordinances and resolutions
to the Chief Executive within three business days of adoption or as
otherwise provided in this Administrative Code.
(11)
Receive from the Chief Executive and keep on
file all signed or vetoed ordinances or resolutions.
(12)
Administer oaths or affirmations to any business
relating to County Council or its committees.
