Butte County Municipal Code Art. IV County Officers Other Than Supervisors

County officers, other than members of the board of supervisors shall be a sheriff, a county clerk, a treasurer, a recorder, a tax collector, a license collector, a public administrator, a coroner, a surveyor, a district attorney, an auditor, an assessor, a superintendent of schools, an agricultural commissioner, a welfare officer, a probation officer, a health officer, a county physician, a road commissioner, a county librarian, and other such officers as are now or may hereafter be provided for by the constitution, by general law or by this Charter. (1923, p. 1554; 1933, p. 3228; Ord. No. 3842, § 1 (part), 11-05-02)

The following offices are hereby consolidated:

(a) The public guardian shall be ex officio public administrator;

(b) The sheriff shall be ex officio coroner;

(c) The treasurer shall be ex officio tax collector and ex officio license collector;

(d) The health officer shall be ex officio physician;

(e) The clerk shall be ex officio recorder.

(1923, p. 1554; 1933, p. 3228; Ord. No. 1113, § 1(a)6, 9-1-70, ratified 11-3-70; Ord. No. 1909, § 1(a), 2-28-78, ratified 6-6-78; Ord. No. 2547, § 1(a), 8-14-86, ratified 11-4-86; Ord. No. 3842, § 1 (part), 11-05-02)

All county officers except the welfare officer, probation officer, the agricultural commissioner, the health officer, the county physician, the county librarian, the road commissioner, the surveyor, and such other officers as are now or hereafter may be appointive by the constitution, general law or this Charter shall be elected in the manner provided by law.

(1933, p. 3228; Ord. No. 3842, § 1 (part), 11-05-02)

Each county officer shall have the powers and perform the duties now or hereafter prescribed by general law, except as otherwise provided in this Charter, and shall have and perform such other powers and duties as are prescribed by this Charter.

The appointive county officers shall not be appointed for a term exceeding four years, and the term of each elective county officer shall be four years, beginning at noon on the first Monday after the first day of January succeeding his election, and until such time as his successor shall be elected and shall qualify, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.

(1933, p. 3228)

The compensation of members of the board of supervisors shall be regulated by the legislature of the State of California by statute applicable to the class of county in which Butte County is now, or shall hereafter be placed. The board of supervisors shall regulate and set the salaries of county and township officers, including judges of inferior courts except as otherwise provided by the Constitution of the State of California.

(1923, p. 1554; 1933, p. 3228; 1945, p. 3032; 1949, c. 20; Ord. No. 1113, § 1(a)4, 9-1-70, ratified 11-3-70)

The offices of such assistants, deputies, clerks, stenographers and other necessary employees are hereby created. The incumbents shall be appointed and be subject to removal pursuant to the provisions of a merit system to be established by ordinance by the board of supervisors. The number of such offices or the salaries of such assistants, deputies, clerks, stenographers and other necessary employees may be increased or decreased by the board of supervisors at such times as may be to the best interest of the county, and such salaries shall be paid to them at the same time, in the same manner, and out of the same fund as the salaries of the county officers are paid, except as in this Charter otherwise provided.

(1933, p. 3228; Ord. No. 1699, § 1(a), 3-30-76, ratified 6-8-76)

Note— In connection with this section, see also art III, § 3.

All fees, fines and commissions of any kind or nature collected by any county or township officer, board, commission or employee shall be paid into the county treasury on the first Monday of each month. The payment shall be accompanied by a detailed statement of the same in writing, a duplicate copy of which shall be filed with the auditor at the same time.

(a) Whenever a vacancy occurs in an elective county or township office other than the board of supervisors or office of the county superintendent of schools, said board shall fill such vacancy in the manner provided by general law.

(Ord. No. 2546, § 1(a), 8-14-86, ratified 11-4-86)

Each county officer shall be allowed, in addition to salaries as provided for herein, such expenses as are now payable to him under the provisions of the general law or this Charter, provided that all such expenses shall be limited to actual and necessary expenses incurred by each officer in the performance of his particular duties, and provided further that the board of supervisors may by ordinance, set forth additional limitations and additional rules which may define and set forth procedure to determine what are actual and necessary expenses as referred to herein.

(Ord. No. 1113, § 1 (a)5, 9-1-70, ratified 11-3-70)

The compensation of appointive county officers, assistants, deputies, clerks, or other employees, as stated in Section 3 of Article III of the Butte County Charter may be increased or decreased by the board of supervisors as provided by law.

(1933, p. 3228; 1949, c.20)