40:41A-84. Duties

The administrative officer shall be responsible to the board through the president except as specified below. He shall be responsible for the efficient administration of the county's government. He shall:

a. Prepare and submit directly to the board for its consideration and adoption an annual operating budget and a capital budget, establish the schedules and procedures to be followed by all county departments, offices and agencies in connection therewith, and supervise and administer all phases of the budgetary process;

b. Supervise the collection of revenues, and he shall audit and control disbursements and expenditures and shall prepare a complete account of all expenditures;

c. Supervise the care and custody of all county property, institutions and agencies;

d. Organize the work of county departments, subject to the administrative code adopted by the board. He shall further review their administration and make recommendations pertaining thereto to the board;

e. Review, analyze and forecast trends of county services and finances and programs of all boards, commissions, agencies and other county bodies, and report and recommend thereon to the board;

f. Develop, install and maintain centralized budgeting, personnel and purchasing procedures as may be authorized by the administrative code;

g. Negotiate contracts for the county subject to board approval and make recommendations concerning the nature and location of county improvements and execute improvements determined by the board;

h. Assure that all terms and conditions, imposed in favor of the county or its inhabitants in any statute, franchise or other contract, are faithfully kept and performed.

L.1972, c. 154, s. 84, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 36, eff. May 5, 1975.