The County Executive shall have all the powers and duties of an administrative nature under this Charter and responsibility for the day-to-day running of the departments, offices and agencies of County government under his or her jurisdiction and control. Such powers and duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
(Amended 11-8-05.)
(Amended 11-8-05.)
(1) To appoint, suspend, discipline and remove all county personnel except those who, as provided by general law, are under the jurisdiction of officers, boards, agencies, commissions and authorities of a county other than the board of county commissioners, and except those who are appointed by the County Council pursuant to Section 3.03(l) of this Charter.
(Amended 11-5-91.)
(2) To appoint officers and members of boards, agencies, commissions and authorities required by general law to be appointed by boards of county commissioners and of such additional boards, commissions, agencies and authorities as may hereafter be created pursuant to this Charter. No such appointment shall be effective until confirmed by the County Council, but if the County Council shall fail to act on an appointment within sixty days, it shall become effective without such approval. The County Executive shall use good faith efforts to reflect the diversity of the people of the County in appointing such officers and members.
(Amended 11-4-97.)
(Amended 11-4-97.)
(4) To serve, in person or by his delegate, as a member of the County Board of Revision.
(5) To execute contracts, conveyances and evidences of indebtedness on behalf of the County.
(6) To attend meetings of the County Council and take part in the discussion of all matters before County Council.
(7) To introduce ordinances and resolutions for consideration by the County Council and otherwise to make recommendations for actions to be taken by the County.
(8) To submit to the County Council a proposed operating budget for each fiscal year which shall contain at least the following:
(a) A statement of estimated revenues from all sources, including fund balances from the preceding year;
(b) A statement of proposed expenditures, shown by department, office, agency, authority, board and commission, and by activity, character and object and not exceeding estimated revenues for such year;
(c) A schedule of estimated revenues and proposed expenditures for each County department, office, agency, authority, board and commission, on a quarterly or more frequent basis; and
(d) A summary of the contents of the proposed operating budget.
(9) To submit annually to the County Council a capital improvements program which shall contain at least the following:
(a) The capital improvements scheduled for, or proposed to be undertaken within, the current fiscal year, together with the estimated cost of each improvement and the proposed or established method of financing;
(b) The capital improvements proposed for the five years next succeeding the current fiscal year, together with the estimated cost of each improvement and the proposed or established method of financing; and
(c) A summary of the detailed contents of the program.
(d) A five year debt management projection for capital improvements.
(Added (d) 11-5-91.)
(10) To submit a written message to the County Council accompanying the proposed operating budget and capital improvements program explaining the budget both in fiscal terms and in terms of work to be done, outlining the proposed financial policies of the County for the current fiscal year and describing the important features of the budget. The message shall include any proposals for major changes in financial policies and in expenditures, appropriations and revenues as compared with the preceding fiscal year and the reasons for such proposals, and an itemization and explanation of each proposed capital improvement.
The operating budget and capital improvements program and accompanying message shall be submitted to the County Council by February 15 of each year.
(11) To conduct collective bargaining regarding uniform wages and compensatory benefits with any recognized employee bargaining unit and administer uniform personnel procedures for all County employees of the County Fiscal Officer, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Medical Examiner, County Engineer, Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff, County Council and County Executive.
(Amended 11-6-84; 11-5-91; 11-6-01.)
(12) To submit to the County Council annually a five year financial forecast for the general operating funds of the County.
(Added (12) 11-5-91.)