153A-101. Board of commissioners to direct fiscal policy of the county. The board of commissioners has and shall exercise the responsibility of developing and directing the fiscal policy of the county government under the provisions and procedures of the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. (1777, c. 129, s. 4, P.R.; R.C., c. 28, […]
153A-102. Commissioners to fix fees. The board of commissioners may fix the fees and commissions charged by county officers and employees for performing services or duties permitted or required by law. The board may not, however, fix fees in the General Court of Justice or modify the fees of the register of deeds prescribed by […]
153A-103. Number of employees in offices of sheriff and register of deeds. Subject to the limitations set forth below, the board of commissioners may fix the number of salaried employees in the offices of the sheriff and the register of deeds. In exercising the authority granted by this section, the board of commissioners is subject […]
153A-104. Reports from officers, employees, and agents of the county. The board of commissioners may require any officer, employee, or agent of the county to make to the board, either directly or through the county manager, periodic or special reports concerning any matter connected with the officer’s, employee’s or agent’s duties. The board may require […]
153A-111. Appointment; powers and duties. The board of commissioners shall appoint or designate a clerk to the board. The board may designate the register of deeds or any other county officer or employee as clerk. The clerk shall perform any duties that may be required by law or the board of commissioners. The clerk shall […]
153A-114. Appointment; duties. The board of commissioners shall appoint a county attorney to serve at its pleasure and to be its legal adviser. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
153A-76. Board of commissioners to organize county government. The board of commissioners may create, change, abolish, and consolidate offices, positions, departments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the county government, may impose ex officio the duties of more than one office on a single officer, may change the composition and manner of selection of boards, commissions, […]
153A-77. Authority of boards of commissioners over commissions, boards, agencies, etc. (a) In the exercise of its jurisdiction over commissions, boards and agencies, the board of county commissioners may assume direct control of any activities theretofore conducted by or through any commission, board or agency by the adoption of a resolution assuming and conferring upon […]
153A-77.1. Single portal of entry. A county may develop for human services a single portal of entry, a consolidated case management system, and a common data base; provided that if the county is part of a district health department or multicounty public health authority or a multicounty area mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse […]
153A-81. Adoption of county-manager plan; appointment or designation of manager. The board of commissioners may by resolution adopt or discontinue the county-manager plan. If it adopts the county-manager plan, the board may, in the alternative: (1) Appoint a county manager to serve at its pleasure. The manager shall be appointed solely on the basis of […]
153A-82. Powers and duties of manager. (a) The manager is the chief administrator of county government. The manager is responsible to the board of commissioners for the administration of all departments of county government under the board’s general control and has the following powers and duties: (1) He shall appoint with the approval of the […]
153A-83. Acting county manager. By letter filed with the clerk, the manager may designate, subject to the approval of the board of commissioners, a qualified person to exercise the powers and perform the duties of manager during the manager’s temporary absence or disability. During an absence or disability, the board may revoke the designation at […]
153A-84. Interim county manager. Whenever the position of county manager is vacant, the board of commissioners shall designate a qualified person to exercise the powers and perform the duties of manager until the vacancy is filled. The board may designate the chairman or some other member as interim manager; for the interim the chairman or […]
153A-87. Administration in counties not having managers. In a county that has not adopted or does not operate under the county-manager plan, the board of commissioners shall appoint, suspend, and remove all county officers, employees, and agents except those who are elected by the people or whose appointment is otherwise provided for by law. The […]
153A-88. Acting department heads. By letter filed with the clerk, the head of a department may designate, subject to the approval of the board of commissioners, a qualified person to exercise the powers and perform the duties of head of that department during the department head’s temporary absence or disability. During an absence or disability, […]
153A-89. Interim department heads. Whenever the position of head of a department is vacant, the board may designate a qualified person to exercise the powers and perform the duties of head of the department until the vacancy is filled. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
153A-92. Compensation. (a) Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (b) of this section, the board of commissioners shall fix or approve the schedule of pay, expense allowances, and other compensation of all county officers and employees, whether elected or appointed, and may adopt position classification plans. (b) In exercising the authority granted by […]
153A-93. Retirement benefits. (a) The board of commissioners may provide for enrolling county officers and employees in the Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System, the Law-Enforcement Officers’ Benefit and Relief Fund, the Firemen’s Pension Fund, or a retirement plan certified to be actuarially sound by a qualified actuary as defined in subsection (c) of this section […]
153A-94. Personnel rules; office hours, workdays, and holidays. (a) The board of commissioners may adopt or provide for rules and regulations or ordinances concerning but not limited to annual leave, sick leave, special leave with full pay or with partial pay supplementing workers’ compensation payments for employees injured in accidents arising out of and in […]
153A-94.1. (See note on condition precedent) Smallpox vaccination policy. All counties that employ firefighters, law enforcement officers, paramedics, other first responders, or health department employees shall, not later than 90 days after this section becomes law, enact a policy regarding sick leave and salary continuation for those employees for absence from work due to an […]
