(A) The Director of the County EMA shall be appointed in December by the Chairperson of the County Board, with confirmation by the Board. The Director shall be thoroughly versed and qualified by reason of experience or other proper training and his or her term of office shall be for a period of one year or as determined at the discretion of the Board and until his or her successor is appointed, confirmed and qualified. He or she shall receive a salary consistent with other county department heads and to be determined at the discretion of the Board and such expenses that are compatible with the other county department heads and his or her duties and approved by the Board.
(B) The Director of the County EMA may be removed from office by the Board for incompetence, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. In any procedure to remove the Director of the County EMA from office, a petition shall be filed by the EMA Advisory or Public Safety Committee with the Board, naming such officer as defendant and setting forth the particular facts upon which the request for removal is based. Normal county personnel grievance procedures will be available and exercised in either dismissing the charges against the Director of EMA or removing him or her from office.
(1993 Code, § 36.06) (Ord. passed 3-16-1977; Ord. 2009-15, passed 12-16-2009)