Structure of County Government

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they have the authority to appoint key department heads. Thus the main difference between the commission and council-executive forms of government is the approach to separation of powers.
Commission-administrator is the final kind of government and it stands somewhere between the commission and council-executive forms. In this form of government, an elected commission retains most legislative and executive powers, but appoints a professional administrator to actually run the government. County administrators usually serve at the pleasure of the commissioners. This means they can be hired and fired as the county commission sees fit. In practice, commissioners typically delegate considerable powers to administators, including the power to hire and fire department heads and to prepare a budget for the commission's approval.
Although the three types of government are different, they all work together on a day-to-day basis. They may all be responsible for different things and ...

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