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 Westchester County
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. CHARTER
 Chapter 107. COUNTY BOARD

  § 107.21. Specific powers.  

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  • In pursuance of and in addition to all powers specified in the preceding section, the County Board shall have power, subject to the provisions of this act, to:

    1.

    Create, organize, alter or abolish departments, commissions, boards, bureaus, offices and employments and/or transfer their functions and duties;

    2.

    Exercise all powers of local legislation and administration as provided for counties in Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of New York;

    3.

    Provide by act for the compensation of appointive officers and employees;

    4.

    Fix the number of deputies, assistants, clerks and other persons to be employed in the several departments, offices and commissions of the county;

    5.

    Provide for the creation of offices other than those required by the constitution and laws of the state, and by this act;

    6.

    Provide for officers hereafter created by law or for the allocation of their duties to existing officers;

    7.

    Provide for the assumption and discharge by county officers of such functions of cities, towns, villages and special districts as may devolve on the county by this act or by contract or by transfer or be conferred otherwise by law;

    8.

    Fix the amount of all bonds and approve the sureties of all county elective and appointive officers and county employees;

    9.

    Employ such legal, financial or other technical advisers as may be necessary from time to time, in relation to the performance of any of the functions of county government;

    10.

    Enact such acts and make such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this act and of general law applicable to the county, and provide for the enforcement of such acts by appropriate penalties;

    11.

    Make appropriations, levy taxes and, except as otherwise provided by the Local Finance Law, incur indebtedness for the purpose of carrying out any of the powers and duties conferred or imposed on the county or any officer, department, board, commission or other authority thereof, by this act or otherwise by law;

    12.

    Investigate the official conduct and the accounts, receipts, disbursements, bills and affairs of any office or officer of the county, or of any office or officer of any special county district or other unit of county government, and make such studies or investigations as it deems to be in the best interests of the county, and for such purposes may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and require the production of books, papers and other evidence, subject to the exclusive procedure for the issuance of subpoenas by the County Board of Legislators or any of its committees as explicitly set forth in the Rules of the County Board of Legislators. In case any person fails or refuses to obey any such subpoena, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to such penalties as the County Board, by act, may prescribe;

    13.

    Determine and make provision for any matter of county government not otherwise provided for, including any matter involved in transition to the form of government provided by this act.

(§ 7 of the Laws of 1937, Ch. 617; amended by the Laws of 1942, Ch. 624; Laws of 1943, Ch. 710; Laws of 1951, Ch. 345; L.L. No. 12-2011)