(a) Appointment.
(1) The County Executive, with the concurrence of the Mayor of the City of Annapolis, shall appoint the first Resilience Authority Director.
(2) Any subsequent Resilience Authority Director shall be appointed by the County Executive, after advice and recommendation by members of the Resilience Authority and with the concurrence of the Mayor of the City of Annapolis.
(3) The Resilience Authority Director shall be a County employee in the exempt service and shall serve at the pleasure of the County Executive.
(b) Qualifications. The Resilience Authority Director shall be of good character, integrity, and business experience, and shall meet all requirements of a job description developed by the County Executive with the concurrence of the Mayor of the City of Annapolis.
(c) Financial interest prohibited. Neither the Resilience Authority Director nor the Resilience Authority Director’s grandparent, parent, child, grandchild, step-parent, step-child, sibling, step-sibling, uncle, aunt, niece, or nephew, or the spouse of any of them, may have a financial interest in any project with respect to which the Resilience Authority has jurisdiction or any power or authorization to act.
(d) Additional duties. In addition to other duties as may be imposed by the Resilience Authority, and consistent with the job description developed under subsection (b), the Resilience Authority Director is responsible for daily operations of the Resilience Authority, supervision of any activities or tasks performed by employees, and appointment of all employees, determination of their duties and conditions of employment, and fixing their compensation, consistent with the bylaws, policies, and procedures adopted by the Resilience Authority.
(Bill No. 31-21; Bill No. 23-23)