                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR (§ 15.2-407)

A. The board may by resolution designate the county administrator as clerk of
the board. In such case and upon the qualification of the county administrator
authorized by this article the county clerk of such county shall be relieved of
his duties in connection with the board and all of his duties shall be imposed
upon and performed by the county administrator. If the board does not designate
the county administrator as clerk, the county clerk or one of his deputies shall
attend the meetings of the board and record in a book provided for the purpose
all of the proceedings of the board, but he shall not be authorized and required
to sign any warrants of the board, such authority being hereby vested in the
county administrator. However, the board may by resolution of record require the
county clerk to sign all warrants of the board.

B. The county administrator shall, insofar as the board requires, be responsible
to the board for the proper administration of all affairs of the county which
the board has authority to control. He shall keep the board advised as to the
financial condition of the county and shall submit to the board monthly, and at
such other times as may be required, reports concerning the administrative
affairs of the county.

C. The county administrator shall, if the board requires, examine regularly the
books and papers of each department, officer and agency of the county and report
to the board the condition in which he finds them and such other information as
the board may direct.

D. The county administrator shall from time to time submit to the board
recommendations concerning the affairs of the county and its departments,
officers and agencies as he deems proper.

E. Under the direction of the board, the county administrator, for informative
and fiscal planning purposes only, shall prepare and submit to the board a
proposed annual budget for the county. The board may, however, direct that the
county budget be prepared by the county clerk.

F. The county administrator shall audit all claims against the county for
services, materials and equipment for such county agencies and departments as
the board may direct, except those required to be received and audited by the
county school board, and shall present the audits to the board of county
supervisors together with his recommendation and such information as necessary
to enable the board to act on such claims.

G. If the board, by resolution, designates the county administrator as clerk of
the board, the county administrator shall: (i) have all the powers, authority
and duties vested in the county clerk as clerk of the board, under general law;
(ii) pay, with his warrant, all claims against the county chargeable against any
fund under the control of the board, other than the general county fund, when
such expenditure is authorized and approved by the officer and/or employee
authorized to procure the services, supplies, materials or equipment accountable
for such claims and after auditing the claims as to their authority and
correctness; (iii) pay with his warrant all claims against the county chargeable
against the general county fund where the claim arose out of purchase made by
the county administrator or for contractual services by him authorized and
contracted within the power and authority given him by board resolution; and
(iv) pay with his warrant all claims against the county authorized to be paid by
the board.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-370; 1950, pp. 123, 694; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 69; 1962,
c. 623, § 15.1-705; 1997, c. 587.