15.2-807 - Appointment of county officers and employees; federal employment, etc., not to disqualify; discussions with board. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-807. Appointment of county officers and employees; federal employment,etc., not to disqualify; discussions with board.

The board shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the urban countyexecutive, all officers and employees in the administration service of thecounty, except as the board authorizes the urban county executive to appointheads of a department or office and except as the board authorizes the headsof a department or office to appoint subordinates in such department oroffice. However, in appointing the county school board no recommendation bythe urban county executive is required. All appointments shall be on thebasis of ability, training and experience of the appointees which arerelevant to the work which they are to perform.

No person otherwise eligible, shall be disqualified by reason of hisaccepting or holding employment, an office, post, trust or emolument underthe United States government, from serving as a member of any board,commission, authority, committee or agency whose members are appointed by theboard.

The county clerk, the attorney for the Commonwealth and the sheriff shall beselected in the manner and for the terms, and vacancies in such offices shallbe filled, as provided by general law.

The urban county executive shall have the right to take part in alldiscussions and to present his views on all matters coming before the board.The attorney for the Commonwealth and the sheriff shall be entitled topresent their views on matters relating to their respective departments.

(Code 1950, § 15-384.22; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-734; 1968, c.797; 1997, c. 587.)