A.
There shall be a Department of Personnel,
headed by a Personnel Director. The Personnel Director shall be the
personnel officer for the County of Ulster. The Personnel Director
shall be appointed by the County Executive in accord with requirements
of education, experience, and other qualifications set out in state
law, and subject to confirmation by the County Legislature, except
that if the Personnel Director is appointed for a fixed term of years
pursuant to a provision of state law, he or she may only be removed
for cause, after written notice of charges and an opportunity to be
heard. The Personnel Director shall be a resident of Ulster
County.
B.
Powers and duties. The Personnel Director
shall develop and administer a personnel program for the County, be
the principal liaison with employee labor unions, advise the County
Executive in collective bargaining, and have and exercise all the
powers and duties as provided in the Civil Service Law for a personnel
officer in this state and all the powers and duties conferred or imposed
upon him or her by any other law. He or she shall also perform such
other and related duties required by the County Executive.
C.
Reports. On or before March 1 of each year, the Personnel
Director shall make an annual report to the County Legislature and
County Executive for the immediately preceding calendar year, covering
generally the work of the department. The Personnel Director shall
make such other reports at such times as may be required by the County
Legislature, County Executive or any applicable law. Copies of all
reports shall be filed with the Clerk of the County Legislature, the
County Executive and the State Civil Service Commission.
A.
The Personnel Director shall have the power to appoint
one or more Deputy Personnel Directors, within the limits of appropriations
therefor. Every appointment shall be in writing and filed in the Office
of the County Clerk and the Clerk of the Legislature.
B.
The term of office of any deputy not classified as
competitive under the County's civil service rules, appointed hereunder,
shall coincide with that of the Personnel Director, provided that
such appointment may be revoked at any time by the Director by written
revocation filed with the County Clerk. Positions of Deputy Director
may be in the exempt class of civil service; or in the alternative,
the deputy may also be an additional title which may be designated
by the Director for a department staff member.
C.
Deputy Directors shall perform such duties pertaining
to the Department of Personnel as the Director may direct and shall
act generally for and in such place of the Director and perform such
other and further duties as the Director may assign.
D.
The designation of an order of succession for the
position of Deputy Director shall be filed with the County Clerk and
the Clerk of the County Legislature and may be revoked at any time
by the Director filing a new written designation of order of succession.
