§ 3-4-1. Appointed officials.

(a)

All officials appointed by an authority outside of county government are responsible directly to the appointing authority for the performance of the duties prescribed by law for their respective offices. In accordance with S.C. Code 1976, § 4-9-850, the county manager shall not exercise any authority over appointed officials. However, each such appointed officials are responsible to the council, through the county manager, for the proper expenditure of funds budgeted by the council to their respective offices.

(b)

For administrative purposes, the office of each such appointed official in county government shall be considered a separate department of county government. The appointed official involved will be considered the department head.

(c)

County council may appropriate funds to the offices of the various appointed officials for them to employ personnel to work in their offices. In default of such appropriation or should one or more appointed officials need additional staff, the county manager may assign one or more of his county employees, on a temporary or permanent basis, to assist the appointed officials in the performance of their duties. Where appropriate, it shall be the responsibility of the appointed officials to deputize the county employees to empower them to carry out their assigned duties.

(Ord. No. 03-04, § 1, 1-20-03)