(A) The Board of Commissioners shall appoint, suspend, and remove the heads of all town departments, and all other town employees; provided, the Board may delegate to any administrative official or department head the power to appoint, suspend, and remove town employees assigned to the official’s department. The head of each department shall see that all laws of the state, the town charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of the Board concerning that department are faithfully executed within the town. Otherwise, the administration of the town shall be performed as provided by law or direction of the Board.
(G.S. § 160A-155)
(B) The Board of Commissioners shall have authority to fix qualifications for appointive offices, but shall have no authority to waive qualifications for appointive offices fixed by charters or general laws.
(G.S. § 160A-60)
(C) A vacancy that occurs in an elective office of a city shall be filled by appointment of the Board of Commissioners in accordance with G.S. § 160A-63.
(Prior Code, § 30.04)