§ 202. Department heads.
1.The county executive shall appoint, to\nserve during his pleasure, the head of every department or office not\nadministered by an elective official, except that an appointive auditor\nor comptroller shall always be appointed by the board of supervisors and\nexcept as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter. The\nappointment of the head of any department or office in a county adopting\nthe county administrator form, the county director form or the county\npresident form, shall be subject to confirmation by the board of\nsupervisors. The county executive may with the approval of the board of\nsupervisors appoint one head for two or more departments. All\nappointments shall be in writing under the hand of the county executive\nand filed and recorded in th
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§ 202. Department heads. 1. The county executive shall appoint, to\nserve during his pleasure, the head of every department or office not\nadministered by an elective official, except that an appointive auditor\nor comptroller shall always be appointed by the board of supervisors and\nexcept as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter. The\nappointment of the head of any department or office in a county adopting\nthe county administrator form, the county director form or the county\npresident form, shall be subject to confirmation by the board of\nsupervisors. The county executive may with the approval of the board of\nsupervisors appoint one head for two or more departments. All\nappointments shall be in writing under the hand of the county executive\nand filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk. A duplicate\ncertificate of each appointment shall be filed with the clerk of the\nboard of supervisors within ten days after the appointment is made.\n 2. Subject to the provisions of section five of the public officers\nlaw, the head of any such department or office, unless reappointed for a\nnew term, shall not be authorized or permitted to serve beyond the term\nof the county executive by whom the appointment was made, except that he\nshall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and has\nqualified.\n 3. In any county adopting the county administrator form, the county\ndirector form or the county president form, the county executive may\nappoint the head of any department by interim appointment pending\nconfirmation. Any such interim appointment shall be effective for ninety\ndays only and may not be renewed or extended. The county executive may,\nhowever, act as head of the department, or designate a deputy in the\ndepartment to be acting head until the appointment is confirmed or the\nposition otherwise filled.\n 4. The head of a department, one deputy and the confidential secretary\nof the head of each department or office shall be in the exempt class of\nthe civil service. This section shall not affect any other position in\nthe exempt class now or hereafter included therein by or pursuant to\nlaw.\n 5. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and subject to any\npertinent provisions of the civil service law, the head of every\ndepartment and office shall appoint all of his subordinates. Except as\notherwise provided in the civil service law, such subordinates shall\nserve during his pleasure.\n