N.Y. Alternative County Government Law § 50: County administrator form

§ 50. County administrator form. A county which shall adopt the county

administrator form of government shall have a county executive to be

called "county administrator." The board of supervisors shall appoint

the county administrator to serve during the term of office for which

the members of such board then in office were elected. Successors shall

be appointed for like terms. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by

the board of supervisors for the remainder of the term of office for

which the members of such board then in office were elected. No member

of the board of supervisors, other than the chairman shall, during the

term for which he was elected, be eligible for appointment as county

administrator. The board of supervisors may appoint the chairman of the

board of supervisors as county administrator, who shall perform the

duties of county administrator concurrently with those of chairman but

without additional compensation. The county administrator may, when

authorized by local law, serve as the head of one or more departments

not administered by an elective official but without additional

compensation. The board of supervisors shall appoint a county auditor

who shall serve during the term of office for which the members of such

board then in office were elected. Successors shall be appointed for

like terms. In any county having an elective county auditor, the

incumbent of the office shall continue in office, unless a vacancy

otherwise occurs, until the expiration of the term of office for which

he was elected. Vacancies in the office of county auditor shall be

filled by appointment by the board of supervisors for the remainder of

the term of office for which the members of such board then in office

were elected. The county auditor shall audit all claims, accounts and

demands which are made county charges by law and which otherwise would

be audited by the board of supervisors. The county treasurer shall pay

the amounts audited and certified by such auditor as if the same had

been audited by the board of supervisors. The provisions of section

three hundred sixty-nine of the county law shall apply to the audit and

payment of claims against the county. The county administrator, subject

to confirmation by the board of supervisors, shall appoint a county

purchasing agent who shall serve during the term of office of the

administrator. Successors shall be appointed for like terms. Vacancies

in the office of county purchasing agent shall be filled by appointment

in like manner for the remainder of the term. The county purchasing

agent shall have and exercise all functions, powers and duties vested in

or imposed upon the office under article nine of this chapter or other

general law. The foregoing provisions of this section, together with

other applicable provisions of this chapter, including those provisions

which may be made applicable, shall constitute the structure of the

county administrator form of government authorized to be adopted by this

chapter.