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County executive

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See also:County administratorandCounty judge

Acounty executive(orcounty mayor) is thechief executive officerof acountyin the United States. They are either elected by the citizens of the county or appointed by the county council or governor of the state.

The county executive signs bills passed by the county council intolocal ordinance,manages county government agencies, finances, projects, and services, and appoints thesheriff,county administrator,judges, and other officials of the county.

States with county executives[edit]

The title for a person holding this position is "County Executive" in many states but other titles are used, including "County Judge"(in Arkansas and Texas, and historically in Missouri and Tennessee),"County Judge/Executive"in Kentucky, and" Mayor "in some counties, and" County Mayor "in Hawaii and Tennessee.

State Counties Applicable law
Alaska Aleutians East,Anchorage,Bristol Bay,Denali,Fairbanks North Star,Haines,Juneau (City & Borough),Kenai Peninsula,Ketchikan Gateway,Kodiak Island,Lake and Peninsula,Matanuska-Susitna,North Slope,Northwest Arctic,Sitka (City & Borough),Skagway (City & Borough),Wrangell (City & Borough),Yakutat (City & Borough) Alaska Constitution,Article X[1]
Arkansas Title is "county judge" in all counties (list)
California Los Angeles[2](CEO),Orange[3](County Executive Officer),Sacramento,[4]Santa Clara[5]
Delaware New Castle[6]
Florida Orange(Mayor),Miami-Dade(Mayor),Volusia(County Council Chair)
Georgia Athens-Clarke(Mayor),[7]DeKalb(CEO)[8]
Illinois Champaign,[9]Cook,[9]Will[10]
Kentucky Counties are headed by an elected executive known as theCounty Judge/Executive.[11] Kentucky Constitution,Section 144[12]
Maryland Anne Arundel,[13]Baltimore,[14]Cecil,[15]Frederick,[16]Harford,[17]Howard,[18]Montgomery,[19]Prince George's,[20]Wicomico[21]
Michigan Bay,[22]Macomb,Oakland,[23]Wayne[24] Optional Unified Form of County Government,[25]Charter Counties[26]
Missouri Jefferson[27]Jackson[28]St. Charles[29]St. Louis (County)[30]
New Jersey Atlantic County Executive[31]Bergen County Executive,[32]Essex County Executive,[33]Hudson County Executive,[34]andMercer County Executive[35]are elected county executives.[36]
New York Albany,[37]Broome,[38]Chautauqua,[39]Chemung,[40]Dutchess,[41]Erie,[42]Monroe,[43]Montgomery,[44]Nassau,[45]Oneida,[46]Onondaga,[47]Orange,[48]Putnam,[49]Rensselaer,[50]Rockland,[51]Schenectady(Manager),Suffolk,[52]Ulster,[53]Westchester[54] Municipal Home Rule Law[55]
Ohio Cuyahoga,[56]Summit[57] Alternative County Government Law[58]
Pennsylvania Allegheny,[59]Erie,[60]Lehigh,[61]Northampton[62] Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law
Tennessee State law provides thatcountiesare headed by an elected county executive who uses the title of "County Mayor." Exceptions are the three counties (Davidson,Moore,andTrousdale) that haveconsolidated city-countygovernment, where the position is not used, and certain counties where aprivate actof thestate legislatureauthorizes the executive to use the previous title of "county executive." Historically, the position was called "county judge."[63] Tennessee Code Annotated 5-6-101[63]
Texas Title is "county judge" or "County administrator" in all counties (list)
Utah Salt Lake(Mayor),Cache[64] Utah Code Title 17, Chapter 52a, Part 2, Section 203[65]
Virginia Albemarle,[66]Fairfax,Prince William Code of Virginia Title 15.2 Chapters 5-8[67]
Washington King County Executive,[68]Pierce,[69]Snohomish,[70]Whatcom[71]
Wisconsin Brown,[72]Dane,[73]Fond du Lac,[74]Kenosha,[75]Manitowoc,[76]Milwaukee,[77]Outagamie,[78]Portage,[79]Racine,[80]Waukesha,[81]Winnebago[82] Wisconsin Constitution,Article IV, sections 23 and 23a[83]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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