A. The Executive shall be responsible for the administration of the County personnel system in accordance with the policies and standards established by ordinance and Code. This Title and Code establishes a personnel system for the County which assures recruitment, selection and retention of County employees on the basis of merit; the development of a County Career Service; promotion on the basis of demonstrated ability; and compensation and personnel practices which will keep the County system competitive.

B. The Human Resources Director as the Executive’s designee shall be responsible to administer the personnel system and directly related affairs of the County to include collective bargaining; provided, that such role will not infringe upon the authority of the County Executive to exercise supervisory authority on those matters. The Human Resources Director may promulgate Administrative Guidelines (rules) to supplement this Code, provided such Administrative Guidelines shall not be in conflict with the Code.