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Editor's Note: The title of this Chapter was amended by Ord.
No. 23-067.
[Ord. No. 99-100 §1, 7-12-1999; Ord. No. 15-122 §2, 12-21-2015; Ord. No. 23-067, 7-31-2023]
Effective September 1, 2023, the County Office of Communications
is hereby established. The Office shall be responsible for planning,
implementing, coordinating and directing a variety of community relations,
public information and social media activities as well as directing
the internal printing and copying service, internal mail distribution
system, switchboard and video production activities.
[Ord. No. 99-100 §§2,5, 7-12-1999; Ord. No. 15-122 §2, 12-21-2015; Ord. No. 23-067, 7-31-2023]
A.
The Office shall be headed by a Managing Director who shall be exempted
from the Merit System pursuant to the St. Charles County Charter,
Section 7.300 (2018), and such Managing Director shall be the Appointing
Authority for the Office.
B.
The County Executive shall appoint the Managing Director of Communications.
[Ord. No. 99-100 §6, 7-12-1999; Ord. No. 15-122 §2, 12-21-2015; Ord. No. 23-067, 7-31-2023]
In the case of a vacancy in the office of Managing Director,
the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as an appointment is
made. The County Executive may appoint an Acting Managing Director
who shall serve until the vacancy is filled.
A.
The
Managing Director shall operate the Office within the guidelines of
the County Personnel Administration Program and purchasing policy.
B.
The
Managing Director of the Office of Communications shall be responsible
for the Office and shall have such duties and powers as directed by
the County Executive.
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Editor's Note: Former Sections 127.050, Department Director
and Employees Not to Represent the County Council Unless Authorized,
and 127.060, Consolidation of Certain Other Departments, which immediately
followed, derived from Ord. No. 99-100 §§3 – 4, 8,
7-12-1999, were repealed 12-21-2015 by §1 of Ord. No. 15-122.
