SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors shall consist of five members, one from each supervisorial district. The Supervisors shall be nominated and elected at the time and in the manner provided by general laws, except that provided that each supervisor shall be elected by the electors of such district and not by the electors of the County at large. | ELECTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BY DISTRICT |
SECTION 2. At each general election, there shall be elected two or three supervisors, as the case may be, for a term of four years beginning at noon on the first Monday in December next following their election and ending at noon on the first Monday in December four years thereafter. Supervisors shall be elected from the First, Third, and Fifth Supervisorial Districts in those years in which a presidential election is held, and supervisors shall be elected from the Second and Fourth Supervisorial Districts in those years in which a gubernatorial election is held. No person shall be elected and qualified for the office of member of the Board of Supervisors if such person has been elected or served in such office for three consecutive terms, commencing with a term of office that begins in December 2006. The limitation on terms shall not apply to any unexpired term to which a person is elected or appointed if the remainder of the unexpired term to which a person is elected or appointed is less than one-half of the full four-year term of office. | TERM OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS |
STAGGERED ELECTION OF SUPERVISORS |
SECTION 3. The Board of Supervisors, and each supervisor, shall have and perform such powers and duties as are or shall be provided by general laws, except as otherwise provided in this Charter and not in conflict with the provisions hereof; and shall have and perform such other and further powers and duties as are or shall be provided for in this Charter. | GENERAL POWER OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS |
SECTION 4. At the first regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors after noon of the first day of January following an election of supervisors, the Board shall elect one of its members as Chairman of the Board to serve until noon of the first Monday after the first day in January two years thereafter. | ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD |
SECTION 5. The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors shall be the general executive agent of the Board. It shall be his duty, subject to regulation and control by the Board, to exercise general supervision over the official conduct of all County officers and officers of all districts and other subdivisions of the County charged with the assessment, collection, safekeeping, management, or disbursement of public revenue; also over all County institutions, buildings and property. He shall report to the Board from time to time with such recommendations as he shall deem proper. He shall devote his entire time during usual office hours to the duties of his office. He shall keep an office in the room or rooms where the Board usually meets, and shall be in attendance at such office during usual office hours, except when elsewhere engaged in the performance of his official duties. | DUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD |
SECTION 6. Repealed by Amendment 28 filed and operative December 26, 1974. |
SECTION 7. A supervisor may be removed from office in the manner provided by law. Any vacancy in the office of supervisor will be filled by appointment by majority vote of the remaining members of the Board from amongst the qualified electors of the supervisorial district in which such vacancy exists. The appointee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his successor. An election shall be held to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term at the next general election unless the term expires on the first Monday of December next succeeding the election. Nomination and election of a supervisor for the unexpired term shall be by district in like manner as hereinbefore provided for such officer. In the event the Board of Supervisors shall not appoint to fill a vacancy within a 30-day period, such appointment shall be made by the Governor. | REMOVAL OF SUPERVISOR: FILLING OF VACANCY BY MEMBERS OF BOARD |
SECTION 8. It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors by ordinance to insure that any elective officer required by general law to post individual bond shall do so and that any other County officers or employees required to be bonded shall be covered under a master bond. | BONDS OF COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
SECTION 9. Section 9 of Article I of the Charter is repealed. |
The unnumbered initiative amendment in Article VI added by County Charter Amendment Number Thirty-one is repealed. |
Repealed by Amendment 36, filed and operative November 18, 1985. |
