40:41A-51 - Powers - New Jersey Statutes

40:41A-51.  Powers
    The county manager:

    a.  Shall supervise, direct and control all county administrative departments;

    b.  Shall appoint the deputy manager, if that position is created by the board, the heads of all county departments and any divisions created within such departments, and all other administrative officers and county personnel the manner of whose appointment is not prescribed elsewhere in this article;

    c.  May, at his discretion, remove or suspend any official in the unclassified service of the county over whose office the county manager has power of appointment in accordance with the provisions of section 87b.;

    d.  May, at his discretion, but subject to any pertinent provisions of the administrative code or civil service requirements, delegate to any department head powers of appointment and removal of their departmental employees.  If the  county manager does not so delegate his power he may appoint and remove, subject to civil service requirements, all employees whose positions have been created in accordance with the administrative code, and the manner of whose appointment is not specified elsewhere in the article;

    e.  May require reports and examine the accounts, records and operations of  any agency of county government;

    f.  May, at his discretion, order any agency under his jurisdiction as specified in the administrative code to undertake any task for any other agency  on a temporary basis if he deems it necessary for the proper and efficient  administration to do so.

     L.1972, c. 154, s. 51, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.  Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 18,  eff. May 5, 1975;  L.1975, c. 257, s. 2, eff. Dec. 9, 1975;  L.1978, c. 141,  s. 5, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.