§ 16-107. Management prerogatives.

(a)

Subject to such conditions and restrictions as are specifically set forth or authorized to be effectuated pursuant to the provisions of this Subtitle, all appointing authorities shall have the general responsibilities and authority to manage and direct the operations and activities of their departments, agencies or offices to the fullest extent provided by applicable statute, law and/or regulation. In furtherance of the foregoing and under the management direction of the County Executive, all appointing authorities shall have exclusively reserved to them, the following general prerogatives relative to the management of the operations and activities of their departments, agencies or offices, provided that said prerogatives are exercised in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Subtitle and any personnel procedures developed, approved and issued pursuant hereto:

(1)

To determine and redetermine, within the scope of the County's approved annual expense budget, the methods, means, personnel, and budget necessary to maintain efficient and effective government operations and to properly effectuate the mission and objectives of their department, agency, or office;

(2)

To direct and assign the work of their employees, including, but not limited to, the authority to appoint, promote, transfer, and reassign such employees;

(3)

To evaluate the performance and conduct of their employees and to take remedial actions in relation thereto where warranted; and,

(4)

To promulgate, subject to the approval of the County Executive or the County Executive's designee, written supplemental personnel operating procedures and reasonable rules of employee conduct and behavior applicable to their employees in order to satisfy the needs and obligations of their departments, agencies, or offices.

(b)

In addition to the prerogatives set forth under Subsection (a), above, an appointing authority shall also be authorized and empowered to delegate, in writing, to any employee under the appointing authority's jurisdiction, the authority to appoint other employees.

(c)

The enumeration of general management prerogatives set forth in Subsections (a) and (b), above, shall not be construed as an exclusive enumeration nor as a waiver of any management prerogatives not specifically enumerated above or elsewhere in the Subtitle, whether or not such prerogatives were exercised prior to the effective date of this Act.

(CB-1-1976; CB-22-2000)