17-65-302. Specific duties.

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Effective 11/6/2025

Each county executive shall:

(1)exercise supervisory control over all functions of the executive branch of county government;

(2)direct and organize the management of the county in a manner consistent with state law, county ordinance, and the county's optional plan of county government;

(a)carry out programs and policies established by the county legislative body; and

(b)ensure that all departments of county government comply with 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 county government;

(6)except as otherwise vested in the county legislative body by state law or by the optional plan of county government, and subject to Section 17-65-308 , appoint, suspend, and remove the directors of all county departments and all appointive officers of boards and commissions;

(7)except as otherwise delegated by statute to another county officer, exercise administrative and auditing control over all county funds and assets, tangible and intangible;

(8)except as otherwise delegated by statute to another county officer, supervise and direct the county's centralized budgeting, accounting, personnel management, purchasing, and other service functions;

(9)conduct planning studies and make recommendations to the county legislative body relating to county government financial, administrative, procedural, and operational plans, programs, and improvements;

(10)maintain a continuing review of expenditures and of the effectiveness of county departmental budgetary controls;

(11)develop systems and procedures, not inconsistent with statute, for planning, programming, budgeting, and accounting for all county activities;

(12)if the county executive is an elected county executive, exercise a power of veto over the county legislative body's legislative enactments, which are defined as county ordinances and budget appropriations, and include an item veto upon budget appropriations, in the manner provided by the optional plan of county government;

(13)review, negotiate, approve, and execute contracts for the county, unless otherwise provided by statute;

(14)perform all other functions and duties required of the executive by state law, county ordinance, and the optional plan of county government; and

(15)sign on behalf of the county all deeds that convey county property.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13 , 2025 Special Session 1