A. Office Created; Qualifications: The Office of County Administrator is hereby created. The County Administrator shall be a person having demonstrated administrative and executive ability as shown by experience in public or private employment in a responsible administrative or executive position requiring the planning and execution of work programs of administrative operations, the budgeting and control of expenditures, and the coordination of varied activities.
B. Appointment: The County Administrator shall be appointed by the County Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board, subject to such employment conditions and procedures as may be provided by law.
C. Duties And Responsibilities:
1. The County Administrator shall generally advise, assist, act as agent for, and be responsible to the County Board for the proper and efficient administration of such affairs of the County as are placed in his or her charge by the Board. He or she shall be responsible for the enforcement of such ordinances, orders, or regulations as may be directed by the Board by ordinance or resolution. All appointed department heads under the jurisdiction of the Board shall submit appropriate informational reports to the County Administrator upon request.
2. The County Administrator shall be responsible for all duties and responsibilities and shall meet the qualifications required in and as described in the most current position description for the position of County Administrator as adopted by the County Board as a part of the County personnel policy.
3. The County Administrator may employ such clerical and administrative personnel as may be authorized by the County Board.
D. Limit Of Authority: It is the intention of the County Board in adopting this section only to create a position to which may be delegated certain administrative and ministerial duties in and under its direction. No provision of this section is intended to vest in or grant to the County Administrator any duty or any authority which is vested by general law or ordinance in any other County officer, official, or employee. No provision of this section shall be construed to delegate to the County Administrator any authority reserved to the County Board by law; nor shall the County Administrator have the power to bind, obligate, or commit the County in any manner except as provided herein or by the express grant of authority by the County Board. (Ord., 7-9-1996)