§ 26-27. Organization, staff, finances, rules and surveys.
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The county planning commission shall elect from among the appointive members a chairperson,
whose term shall be for one year with eligibility for reelection, and the commission
may create and fill such other offices as it may determine. It shall have the power
and authority to appoint such employees and staff as it may deem necessary for its
work and may contract with planners and other consultants for such services as it
may require. The expenditures of the commission, exclusive of gifts, shall be within
the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the board of county commissioners. The
commission shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a record of
its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations, which record shall be
a public record. Upon request of the commission, the board of county commissioners
or other county officials or the chief executive officer of any municipality may,
from time to time, for the purpose of special surveys under the direction of the planning
commission, assign or detail to the commission any members of staffs of county or
municipal administrative departments, or may direct any such department to make for
the commission special surveys or studies requested by the commission.
