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Commissioners' Duties

The following summarizes duties performed by the Board of County Commissioners:

ADMINISTRATIVE

  • Establish and execute policy

  • Hold title to all county property/buildings

  • County contracting authority

  • Appoints boards and commissions

  • Provides office space for all county offices

  • Personnel & employee benefit administration

  • County legislative authority

FISCAL

  • Allocates funds to county offices

  • Budget & monitor expenditures

  • Bond issue authority

  • Investments

  • Purchasing

  • Taxing authority

Development, Solid Waste, Infrastructure & Human Services

  • Airport

  • Annexation

  • Children services

  • Community Development Block Grants

  • County Justice Center

  • County Park District

  • Development regulations

  • Ditch hearings

  • Economic Development

  • Emergency Management

  • Juvenile Justice Center

  • Mental Health &Developmental Disabilities

  • Regional Planning

  • Senior Center

  • Solid Waste Management / Recycling Center

  • Water and sewer

  • Workforce Investment Act

  • Job & Family Services

  • Zoning