The Chief Executive Officer may appoint and employ assistants and other employees and assign to them various duties prescribed in this County Code. The positions of such assistants and other employees shall be authorized by the Board of Supervisors, and they shall be employed under the provisions of the County Civil Service System except that the Assistant Executive Officers and the Deputy Executive Officers shall be County Officers in the Unclassified Service.
The Chief Executive Officer shall also be the appointing authority for all department heads whose appointment is not otherwise provided by law, and such appointing authority power may be delegated in writing to an Assistant Executive Officer or a Deputy Executive Officer. These officers shall serve in the Unclassified Service as provided in § 12.2400. The Chief Executive Officer shall provide general supervision for these positions; however, such supervision may be assigned to an Assistant Executive Officer or a Deputy Executive Officer.
(Am. Ord. 3771, passed - -1999; Am. Ord. 3947, passed - -2005; Am. Ord. 3953, passed - -2005; Am. Ord. 4368, passed - -2019)