N.Y. County Law § 205: Compensation of employees

§ 205. Compensation of employees. Subject to the constitution and the

civil service law but notwithstanding the provisions of any other

general law or of any special law to the contrary, the compensation of

all employees paid from county funds shall be fixed by the board of

supervisors. The board of supervisors may adopt schedules of

compensation and grades with minimum and maximum salaries. Per diem or

per hour schedules of compensation may be adopted for those employees

not paid on a salary basis and under such rules as the board may

determine. Officers may be authorized to fix per diem or per hour rates

of compensation for temporary employment.

Subject to the civil service law and rules relating to promotions, the

compensation of employees may be increased or diminished at any time.

The compensation paid to any employee shall be in lieu of all fees,

percentages, emoluments or other form of compensation payable for

services rendered to the county by virtue of his employment; provided

however, that any employee (1) required by law to reside at a county

institution or (2) authorized by resolution of the board of supervisors,

may be furnished maintenance or any part thereof at a county

institution. Such maintenance furnished on or after the first day of

January nineteen hundred fifty-five shall be defined and the fair value

thereof determined by resolution of the board and the amount so

determined shall constitute part of the compensation fixed for any such

employee.

All fees, percentages, emoluments or other compensation received shall

be the property of the county and be paid into the county treasury

monthly on or before the tenth day of the month. Each court stenographer

shall be entitled to retain to his own use, in addition to the amount

fixed by the board of supervisors for regular services, the fees and

other compensation prescribed by law or certified by a presiding judge

pursuant to law, for transcribing and furnishing a copy of the minutes,

testimony or exhibits taken or produced in any civil or criminal action

or proceeding.

Any physician or dentist employed by the E. J. Meyer Memorial

Hospital, by the Westchester county medical center, or by the Nassau

county medical center shall be entitled to receive fees, in addition to

the amount fixed by the respective county legislature for regular

services, for private professional services rendered in accordance with

the provisions of section one hundred thirty of the general municipal

law.