(a) The Chair of the Macon County Commission shall be the chief administrative officer of the county commission, and shall serve full time.
(b) The compensation of the chair of the county commission shall be forty-eight thousand four hundred dollars ($48,400) per annum. The compensation shall be in lieu of any and all other salary heretofore payable and shall be paid in equal monthly installments out of the county general fund as the salaries of other county employees are paid.
(c) The office staff and administrative personnel of the county commission shall be under the chair of the county commission on a day-to-day basis.