Sec. 7.
Within 60 days after an optional unified form of county government containing alternate A becomes effective, the board of county commissioners by a majority vote of all members elected and serving shall appoint a county manager. The manager shall be the administrative head of the county government and shall be responsible for the overall supervision of all county departments not headed by elected officers. He shall be appointed on the basis of merit only. He need not be a resident of the county at the time of his appointment but shall assume and maintain residence in the county following appointment except in counties of 1,000,000 or more he shall also be a resident at the time of his appointment. He shall be paid a compensation as the board determines. A member of the board during his term of office and for 1 year thereafter is not eligible for appointment as county manager. The county manager shall hold office at the pleasure of the board and may be removed by a majority vote of all members elected and serving.
History: 1973, Act 139, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 139 of 1973 - Optional Unified Form of County Government (45.551 - 45.573)
Section 45.551 - Optional Unified Form of County Government; Authorization; Effect of Adoption.
Section 45.552 - Optional Unified Form of County Government; Alternate A; Alternate B.
Section 45.553 - Optional Unified Form of County Government; Procedure for Adoption; Effective Date.
Section 45.553a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.
Section 45.556 - Board of County Commissioners; Powers.
Section 45.556b - Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of Ordinance Prohibited.
Section 45.556c - Licensing Requirements Subject to the Local Government Occupational Licensing Act.
Section 45.557 - County Manager; Appointment, Qualifications, Compensation, Term, and Removal.
Section 45.558 - County Manager or County Executive; Powers and Duties.
Section 45.559 - County Executive; Nomination, Election, and Term; Vacancy; Salary.
Section 45.559a - Death or Resignation of Elected County Executive; Successor.
Section 45.560 - County Executive; Responsibility.
Section 45.562 - Officials; Powers; Functions; Manner of Election or Appointment; Term.
Section 45.563 - Departments; Establishment; Directors; Functions.
Section 45.565 - Deputy; Appointment; Department Head and Deputy Exempt From Civil Service.
Section 45.567 - Employee Retirement and Pension Programs; Retirement Board.
Section 45.568 - Title to Property to Be Held in Name of County.
Section 45.569 - Ordinances Previously Enacted.
Section 45.570 - Provisions of Act Controlling.
Section 45.571 - Rights Under Civil Service and Merit System Continued.
Section 45.572 - Retirement and Pension Rights.
Section 45.573 - Procedures for Abolishing Optional Unified Form of County Government.