2.12.010   Definitions.
   A.   "Department" means county agencies, departments, offices, institutions, boards, commissions, committees and all other branches and divisions of county administration.
   B.   "Employee" means department heads, deputies and all other persons whose personal services are engaged for compensation by the county, except officers and independent contractors.
   C.   "Officer" means appointive and elected county officers as specifically designated by general law or by ordinance of the board of supervisors.
(Ord. 1993-1 § 1 (part), 1993; Ord. 1990-110 § 1 (part), 1990)