§ 2-70. Administrative role of county commissioners.

(a)

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the board of county commissioners that all phases of county government shall be performed by the board meeting collectively as the governing and legislative body of the county as provided by law. No individual county commissioner shall have the power or right to bind the county or the board of county commissioners in the performance of county government.

(b)

The power and administrative responsibility of each individual county commissioner under this section shall not be construed to include the power to authorize the purchase of any property not previously authorized by the board of county commissioners meeting collectively or to hire or fire any personnel excluding their personal office staff, except as a member of the board of county commissioners meeting collectively as provided under this article.

(Code 1979, § 1-32; Ord. No. 95-18, § 1, 4-18-95)