(a) The Chief Executive Officer, when he or she deems it appropriate, may exercise any power or jurisdiction, or assume or discharge any responsibilities, or carry out or effect any purpose vested by law, ordinance, rule, regulation or policy in his or her subordinates within the Administrative Office including the Assistant Executive Officers and Deputy Executive Officers serving various functions. When the Chief Executive Officer exercises power pursuant to this provision, such authority shall supersede that of his or her subordinates.
(b) The Chief Executive Officer shall be the appointing authority over those employees within the departments of Workforce Development and Community Development and Housing and those County employees assigned to support the Successor Agency to the County Redevelopment Agency and the Workforce Development Board, whose appointments are not otherwise provided for by the County Charter or general law, including Deputy Executive Officers. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the power to delegate in writing this appointing authority to the Deputy Executive Officer or Deputy Executive Officers assigned to the economic development departments.
(c) The Chief Executive Officer shall have the power of general administrative supervision and coordination over the operations of the Workforce Development Department and the Community Development and Housing Department and the County employees assigned to support the Successor Agency to the County Redevelopment Agency and the Workforce Development Board. The Chief Executive Officer may direct such action as he or she deems appropriate to exercise any power or jurisdiction, or to assume or discharge any responsibility, or to carry out or effect any of the purposes vested by law in any officer, employee or division in the Workforce Development Department and the Community Development and Housing Department or the employees assigned to support the Successor Agency of the County Redevelopment Agency and the Workforce Development Board.
(d) The Chief Executive Officer shall have the power to reorganize the Workforce Development and Community Development and Housing departments and in connection with such reorganization, the Chief Executive Officer has the power to transfer personnel from one department to the other as well as the County employees assigned to support the Successor Agency to the County Redevelopment Agency and the Workforce Investment Board.
(Am. Ord. 3947, passed - -2005; Am. Ord. 4368, passed - -2019)