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17-53-302. County executive duties.
Each county executive shall:
(1) exercise supervisory control over all functions of the executive branch of countygovernment;
(2) direct and organize the management of the county in a manner consistent with statelaw, county ordinance, and the county's optional plan of county government;
(3) carry out programs and policies established by the county legislative body;
(4) faithfully ensure compliance with all applicable laws and county ordinances;
(5) exercise supervisory and coordinating control over all departments of countygovernment;
(6) except as otherwise vested in the county legislative body by state law or by theoptional plan of county government, appoint, suspend, and remove the directors of all countydepartments and all appointive officers of boards and commissions;
(7) except as otherwise delegated by statute to another county officer, exerciseadministrative and auditing control over all funds and assets, tangible and intangible, of thecounty;
(8) except as otherwise delegated by statute to another county officer, supervise anddirect centralized budgeting, accounting, personnel management, purchasing, and other servicefunctions of the county;
(9) conduct planning studies and make recommendations to the county legislative bodyrelating to financial, administrative, procedural, and operational plans, programs, andimprovements in county government;
(10) maintain a continuing review of expenditures and of the effectiveness ofdepartmental budgetary controls;
(11) develop systems and procedures, not inconsistent with statute, for planning,programming, budgeting, and accounting for all activities of the county;
(12) if the county executive is an elected county executive, exercise a power of veto overordinances enacted by the county legislative body, including an item veto upon budgetappropriations, in the manner provided by the optional plan of county government;
(13) review, negotiate, approve, and execute contracts for the county, unless otherwiseprovided by statute;
(14) perform all other functions and duties required of the executive by state law, countyordinance, and the optional plan of county government; and
(15) sign on behalf of the county all deeds that convey county property.

Amended by Chapter 199, 2001 General Session
Amended by Chapter 241, 2001 General Session