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§ 30.03 MEETINGS; AMOUNT OF TIME DESIGNATED FOR OFFICE-RELATED DUTIES.
   The Board of County Commissioners will meet in public session at least twice a month. The Board may hold public meetings in person or through live video streaming. The Board may not meet solely through live video streaming for more than two consecutive meetings without a formal declaration of a state of emergency. The Board will provide notice of all public meeting dates and times to include notification of any change in schedule or cancellation. The Board will schedule/announce administrative sessions to review matters that may require executive action during forthcoming public sessions or to address personnel, administrative, or other subjects. Each Commissioner will attend appointed commission, board or committee meetings as scheduled or planned.
(1986 Code, § 20-3) (P.L.L., 1888, Art. 12, § 32; 1930, § 82; 1878, Ch. 108; 1892, Ch. 509; 1912, Ch. 72; 1931, Ch. 210, § 82; 1967, Ch. 537; 1973, Ch. 281; 1979, Ch. 4; 1989, Ch. 249; Am. Ord. —, passed - -; Am. by Md. H.B. 671, passed - -)
§ 30.04 CLASSIFICATION AND DISPOSAL OF BUSINESS; PAYMENT OF BILLS.
   The County Commissioners may classify the business of the county and designate the meetings at which the several classes of business shall be disposed of. The County Commissioners shall transact the business of the county and shall pay all bills by orders made payable to whomever due, and the orders shall be delivered directly to the Director of the Department of Financial Services. The Director shall issue a check as Director to pay the orders and shall deliver the checks to the payee.
(1986 Code, § 20-4) (P.L.L., 1888, Art. 12, § 33; 1930, § 83; 1957 Code, § 66; 1878, Ch. 108; 1939, Ch. 286, § 83)
Editorial note:
   Section 3 of ch. 286 of 1939 provided that if any County Commissioner or the County Administrator or the Director of Financial Services should violate any of the provisions of this section he or she should be liable to indictment and, upon conviction, should forfeit his or her office. Also, ch. 754 of 1941 proposed to add a new § 83A to the 1930 Edition of the local code concerning the appointment of an attorney by the County Commissioners. It was vetoed by the Governor. See 1941 Session Laws, pgs 1306 and 2052.
§ 30.05 COMPENSATION.
   Each County Commissioner shall receive $32,500 for the term beginning in 2006. The salary is set by the County Commissioners in accordance with the Public Local Laws of Garrett County, Ch. 91.
§ 30.06 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
   (A)   Subject to division (B) of this section, the County Commissioners shall appoint a County Administrator on the terms and conditions of employment as the County Commissioners and County Administrator shall agree.
   (B)   The term of appointment of the County Administrator may not exceed 4 years or extend more than 6 months after the end of the term of the County Commissioners making the appointment.
   (C)   (1)   The County Administrator shall serve as Chief Administrative Officer of the county and, to the extent delegated by the County Commissioners, is responsible for executive, administrative, and management functions.
      (2)   The County Commissioners shall establish:
         (a)   A job description and job summary for the position of County Administrator; and
         (b)   The necessary experience, qualifications and training for any applicant seeking the County Administrator’s position.
   (D)   Notwithstanding Md. Code, Art. 25, § 1:
      (1)   In Garrett County, the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners shall be known as the County Administrator; and
      (2)   Any reference in state or local law to the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners shall mean the County Administrator.
(1986 Code, § 20-7) (P.L.L., 1888, Art. 12, § 35; 1930, § 85; 1957 Code, § 70; 1878, Ch. 108; 1945, Ch. 450; 1957, Ch. 258, § 85; 1959, Ch. 311; 1966, Ch. 70; 1967, Ch. 289; 1971, Ch. 16; 1973, Ch. 644; Md. H.B. 596, passed 2-24-1998)
§ 30.07 COUNTY ATTORNEY; CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
   (A)   Attorney.
      (1)   The County Commissioners shall appoint a County Attorney, who shall provide legal counsel to the Commissioners and handle any additional matters as may be assigned by the County Commissioners.
      (2)   The salary of the County Attorney shall be as set by the County Commissioners, and the County Attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the County Commissioners.
   (B)   Civil Service Commission.
      (1)   There is a Civil Service Commission consisting of 3 members, 1 of whom shall be elected by a majority vote of all county employees covered by the merit system and 2 of whom shall be appointed by the County Commissioners representing the public at large. Appointments to the Commission may not be made from among the county employees.
      (2)   The term of office for Commission members shall be 3 years. The terms of the members of the Commission are staggered as required by the terms in effect for members of the Commission on July 1, 1998. At the expiration of each term, the Commission member’s successor shall be elected or appointed as herein provided for a 3-year term. Members of the Commission may be reelected or reappointed for succeeding terms of 3 years.
      (3)   If a member of the Commission resigns, is deceased or otherwise is unable to serve a complete term, a successor shall be chosen as herein provided for the remainder of the unexpired term.
      (4)   If a member of the Commission fails to attend and serve at 3 consecutive meetings without just cause, the member shall be subject to removal by the County Commissioners; however, the unexpired term shall be filled as provided herein.
      (5)   Compensation and expenses for Civil Service Commission members shall be as determined by the County Commissioners.
      (6)   In accordance with the County Personnel Handbook adopted by the County Commissioners, the Civil Service Commission:
         (a)   Shall be the final administrative step in the county’s grievance process for classified county employees; and
         (b)   May be used in other personnel matters as directed by the County Commissioners or County Administrator.
(1986 Code, § 20-9) (1973, Ch. 489; 1973, Ch. 881; 1997, Ch. 26; S.B. 423, passed 2-23-1998)
§ 30.08 SUPERVISION OF TAX COLLECTION.
   The County Commissioners shall appoint a Supervisor of Tax Collection who shall execute the required bond or bonds and qualify as specified under the provisions of §§ 31.20 et seq. The Supervisor of Tax Collection shall be employed under the provisions of the rules and regulations of the classified service of Garrett County.
(Md. H.B. 391, passed 3-6-2001)
POWERS AND DUTIES
§ 30.20 ACQUISITION OF ABSOLUTE TITLE; NOTIFICATION AND CONTENTS; DISPOSITION OF UNRECLAIMED LAND. 
   The title to all lands in Garrett County heretofore sold by the Supervisor of Tax Collections to the County Commissioners under the provisions of this subchapter shall become absolute in the County Commissioners as against the taxpayer in whose name the land was assessed and sold in May, provided that the County Commissioners shall give 3 weeks notice by publication in some newspaper published in Garrett County, 3 weeks prior to the date of sale, warning the delinquent taxpayers that unless the taxes, interest and costs accrued against the lands are paid and discharged before the first day of March, title to the lands shall become absolute in the County Commissioners as against the person or persons in whose name or names the lands were assessed and sold, which notice shall contain a brief description of the lands, the name of the persons in whose name the same was assessed and sold and the amount of taxes, interest and costs due thereon. All of the lands not redeemed by payment as aforesaid on the day of the annual sale shall be held as the property of Garrett County, and the County Commissioners are authorized at any time thereafter to sell the lands or any of them, either at public or private sale, and, after reporting the sale or sales to the Circuit Court for Garrett County and after the ratification thereof by the court, to convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, and a good title shall be vested in the purchaser or purchasers of the land as against the delinquent taxpayer or taxpayers.
(1986 Code, § 20-11) (P.L.L., 1930, Art. 12, § 92; 1957 Code, § 73: 1912, Ch. 479, § 41A)
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