Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Chapter 5 County Executive Form Of Government

15.2-500 Title of form; applicability of chapter
The form of county organization and government provided for in this chapter shall be known and designated as the county executive form. The provisions of ...

15.2-501 Adoption of county executive form
Any county may adopt the county executive form of government in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3 (§ 15.2-300 et seq.). (1997, c. 587.) ...

15.2-502 Powers vested in board of county supervisors; election and terms of members; vacancies
A. The powers of the county as a body politic and corporate shall be vested in a board of county supervisors (the board), to consist ...

15.2-503 Referendum on election of the county chairman from the county at large; powers and duties of chairm...
A. The board of any county in which members of the board are elected from districts, may by resolution petition the circuit court for the ...

15.2-504 General powers of board
The board shall be the policy-determining body of the county and shall be vested with all rights and powers conferred on boards of supervisors by ...

15.2-504.1 Lighting level regulation
The board of any county with a population of less than 100,000 operating under a county executive form of government may provide by ordinance for ...

15.2-505 Appointment by certain localities of members of certain boards, authorities and commission...
The governing body of a county having the county executive form of government that is adjacent to a county having the urban county executive form ...

15.2-506 Investigation of county officers
The board may inquire into the official conduct of any office or officer under its control, and investigate the accounts, receipts, disbursements and expenses of ...

15.2-507 Organization of departments
The board shall, as soon as its members are elected and take office, provide for the performance of all the governmental functions of the county ...

15.2-508 Designation of officers to perform certain duties
Whenever it is not designated herein what officer or employee of the county shall exercise any power or perform any duty conferred upon or required ...

15.2-509 County executive appointed by board
The board shall appoint a county executive and fix his compensation. He shall devote his full time to the work of the county. He shall ...

15.2-510 Tenure of office; removal
The county executive shall not be appointed for a definite tenure, but may be removed at the pleasure of the board. If the board determines ...

15.2-511 Disability of executive
In case of the absence or disability of the county executive, the board may designate some responsible person to perform the duties of the office ...

15.2-512 Appointment of officers and employees; recommendations by county executive; discussions with boar...
The board shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the county executive, all officers and employees in the administrative service of the county except as otherwise ...

15.2-513 Term, removal and disability of officers and employees
All appointments of officers and employees shall be without definite term, unless for temporary service not to exceed sixty days. Any officer or employee of ...

15.2-514 Compensation of officers and employees
The board shall, subject to the limitations of general law, establish a schedule of compensation for officers and employees which provides uniform compensation for like ...

15.2-515 Restrictions on activities of former officers and employees
In any county with a population of at least 100,000, the board, by ordinance, may prohibit former officers and employees, for one year after their ...

15.2-516 Duties of county executive
The county executive shall be the administrative head of the county. He shall attend all meetings of the board and recommend such action as he ...

15.2-517 Executive may also be department head
The county executive may, if the board requires, act as the director or head of any department or departments, the directors or heads of which ...

15.2-518 Departments of the county
The activities or functions of the county shall, with the exceptions herein provided, be distributed among the following general divisions or departments: 1. Department of ...

15.2-519 Department of finance; director; general duties
The director of finance shall be the head of the department of finance and, as such, have charge of: (i) the administration of the financial ...

15.2-520 Same; expenditures and accounts
No money shall be drawn from the treasury of the county, nor shall any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred, except pursuant to ...

15.2-521 Same; powers of commissioners of revenue; real estate reassessments
A. The director of finance shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed by general law upon commissioners of the revenue, ...

15.2-522 Same; powers of county treasurer; deposit of moneys
The director of finance shall also exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed by general law upon county treasurers, and shall be subject ...

15.2-523 Same; claims against counties; accounts
The director of finance shall (i) audit all claims against the county for goods or services; (ii) ascertain that such claims are in accordance with ...

15.2-524 Same; director as purchasing agent
The director of finance shall act as purchasing agent for the county, unless the board designates another officer or employee for such purpose. The director ...

15.2-525 Same; obligations of chief assessing officer
The chief assessing officer shall be subject to the obligations and penalties imposed by general law upon commissioners of the revenue. (Code 1950, § 15-288; ...

15.2-526 Department of public works
If the department of public works is established, the director of the department shall be a person who has training and experience in the management ...

15.2-527 Department of social services
The local director of social services shall be head of the department of social services, and shall be chosen from a list of eligibles furnished ...

15.2-528 Department of law enforcement
The department of law enforcement shall consist of such police as may be appointed pursuant to § 15.2-512, and police officers appointed by the board, ...

15.2-529 Appointment of county attorney
The board may appoint a county attorney pursuant to § 15.2-1542, who shall serve at a salary as fixed by the board and who shall ...

15.2-530 Powers and duties of sheriff
The sheriff shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed upon sheriffs by general law. He shall have the custody of, and be ...

15.2-531 Department of education
The department of education shall consist of the county school board, the division superintendent of schools and the officers and employees thereof. Except as herein ...

15.2-532 Terms of school boards
The members of the county school board shall be appointed or reappointed, as the case may be, for terms of four years each, except that ...

15.2-533 Elected school boards
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of §§ 15.2-531 and 15.2-532, a county which has an elected school board shall comply with the applicable provisions of Article ...

15.2-534 Department of health
The department of health shall consist of the health director, who shall be appointed as provided in the applicable provisions of Article 5 (§ 32.1-30 ...

15.2-535 Department of assessments
The department of assessments, if and when established, shall be headed by a commissioner of the revenue or a supervisor of assessments, who shall exercise ...

15.2-536 Selection of clerk, attorney and sheriff
The county clerk, the attorney for the Commonwealth and the sheriff shall be selected in the manner and for the terms, and vacancies in such ...

15.2-537 Officers not affected by adoption of plan
The following officers shall not, except as herein otherwise provided, be affected by the adoption of the county executive form: 1. Jury commissioners; 2. County ...

15.2-538 Examination and audit of accounts and books
The board shall require an annual audit of the books of every county officer who handles public funds to be made by an accountant who ...

15.2-539 Submission of budget by executive; hearings; notice; adoption
Each year at least two weeks before the board must prepare its proposed annual budget, the county executive shall prepare and submit to the board ...

15.2-540 Officers and employees to receive regular compensation; fee system abolished; collection and dispos...
All county officers and employees shall be paid regular compensation and the fee system as a method of compensation in the county shall be abolished, ...

15.2-541 Bonds of officers
The county executive shall give bond in the amount of not less than $5,000. The director of finance shall give bond in the amount of ...

15.2-542 Employee benefits; residence in county
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county board, in order to ensure its competitiveness as an employer, may by ordinance provide for the use ...