What are the duties of the County Executive?
The County Executive is the chief executive officer of the County, responsible for seeing that all county ordinances and state and federal laws are observed and enforced. • The County Executive directs all administrative and management functions of county government not vested by law in another elected official. • The County Executive appoints and supervises the heads of all county departments except those headed by other elected officials. The County Executive’s appointees must be confirmed by the County Board, but serve at the pleasure of the County Executive. The County has six departments headed by other elected officials. They are the County Clerk, the County Treasurer, the Register of Deeds, the Clerk of Circuit Court, the District Attorney and the Sheriff. The County Executive appoints the Directors of the other County Departments: Human Services, Human Resources, Public Works, Planning & Development, Information Systems, the County Schools office, Ridgewood Care Center, the Cor
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