ARTICLE VII
Powers and Duties of County Executive

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SECTION 20. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The County Executive shall be responsible to the Board of Supervisors for the proper and efficient administration of such of the affairs of the county as are or hereafter may be placed in his charge, or under his jurisdiction or control, pursuant to the provisions of this Charter, or of any ordinance, resolution or order of the Board of Supervisors. He shall also act in an advisory capacity to and with the Board of Supervisors with respect to any necessary or proper coordination of functions of officials and boards not under his jurisdiction or control. He shall be charged with, and shall be responsible for, the enforcement of all ordinances, orders or governmental regulations of the Board of Supervisors, and he is vested with the power to sue, in the name of the county, in the proper court, to enforce same.

SECTION 21. ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES. In addition to other powers and duties herein provided, it shall be the duty of the County Executive and he shall have the power:

(a) To appoint and to remove, subject to the provisions of this Charter, all appointive officers, deputies, clerks, attaches and other employees, boards and commissions, except as is otherwise provided by law or by this Charter.

(b) To make recommendations to and requests of the Board of Supervisors concerning all of the matters and things which, pursuant to the provisions of this Charter, are to be performed, done or carried out by said Board upon the recommendation or at the request of the County Executive.

(c) To recommend, for adoption by the Board of Supervisors, such measures and ordinances as may to him seem necessary or expedient, and to make such other recommendations to the Board concerning the affairs of the county as may to him seem necessary or expedient.

(d) To prepare and submit to the Board of Supervisors, such reports as said Board may require, with respect to the activities of any office or institution which is, or hereafter may be, under the control or subject to the direction or supervision of the County Executive.

(e) To keep the Board of Supervisors advised of the financial condition and of the needs of the county.

(f) To employ, by and with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, experts and consultants to perform and advise, in connection with any of the functions of the county, when economically advantageous.

(g) To have charge of all buildings and grounds of the county, and to arrange, by and with the consent of the Board of Supervisors, for adequate facilities for space and equipment necessary or proper in the conduct of any county office or county functions.

(h) To prepare, or cause to be prepared, within the limits of his jurisdiction, such plans, specifications and detailed drawings as may be necessary or proper for work which the Board of Supervisors may order to be done, or for material or supplies which said Board may order to be furnished.

(i) To consult with and make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors with respect to the award of public contracts, within the limits of his jurisdiction and to see that all contracts made with the county are faithfully performed.

(j) To temporarily transfer employees from one position to another within the county. (1971)

(k) To devote his entire time to the duties and interests of the county.

(l) To perform such other duties as may be lawfully prescribed or required by this Charter, or by ordinance, resolution or order of the Board of Supervisors.

(m) To report to said Board of Supervisors recommendations for improvement in the administration of elective and appointive offices of said county, and concerning the increase or decrease of the number of employees therein.

(n) From time to time recommend to the Board of Supervisors such amendments to this Charter as according to his experience, observation and study will produce more efficient and economical government for the county.

(o) To investigate and recommend to the Board of Supervisors, what, if any, offices of the county may be consolidated to increase the economy and efficient operation thereof.

(p) To set proper schedule of fees to be collected for the verifying, checking and approval by the County Surveyor of maps of proposed subdivisions required by law, and to set rates of charges for such other work as may be now or hereafter required by law, but such rates shall not be less than the prevailing or current rates for similar work.

(q) All formal recommendations of the County Executive to the Board of Supervisors should be in writing. (1968)

SECTION 22. ADVERTISING AND EXPLOITING RESOURCES OF COUNTY. The County Executive shall consult with the Board of Supervisors with respect to any appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for advertising and exploiting county resources. Such appropriations made by the said Board of Supervisors shall be only upon the recommendation of the County Executive.

SECTION 23. LIMITATION IN POWERS. The County Executive among other limitations not herein expressly enumerated shall not be vested with power under this Charter:

(a) To exercise any legislative function.

(b) To expend any sums of money, except in pursuance of appropriations or budget authorization adopted by the Board of Supervisors, or authorized by this Charter.

(c) To sell or otherwise dispose of, lease or encumber, any real or personal property belonging to the county, except as otherwise herein provided.

(d) To grant, cancel or revoke any franchise.

(e) To exercise any power, authority or control over Board of Supervisors, or over any elective officer of the county, or over any appointive officer or board whose appointment is by the provisions of this Charter vested in another than himself, except in cases where the power to do so is expressly conferred upon him by this Charter, or by any subsequent amendment thereof, or by a grant of authority by legislative act on the part of the Board of Supervisors; provided, however that the limitations in this Section contained shall in no sense be construed as preventing or prohibiting the County Executive from making timely recommendations to the Board of Supervisors, or to any elected or appointed officer or board, with respect to a more efficient or economical administration of affairs within the particular office or jurisdiction of such board or such officer; nor shall this section be construed as preventing or prohibiting the Board of Supervisors, in proper cases, from ratifying, approving, confirming or validating any action of the County Executive, assumed by him as an emergency measure, if any such there ever should be.