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§ C2604 BROOME COUNTY CHARTER AND CODE § C2607
heads of departments. The following positions in the classified service shall be included in the
exempt class: (1) deputies who are authorized to act generally for and on behalf of their
principals; (2) the confidential secretary to any officer or department head; (3) calendar clerk;
(4) Personnel Officer; (5) Assistant District Attorney; (6) Assistant County Attorneys; (7)
Assistant Public Defenders; and (8) contractors and their employees engaged to perform
specified services.
§ C2605. Filling vacancy in elective office of County Executive.
A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term or by creation upon passage of this
Charter in the office of County Executive shall be filled by appointment by the County
Legislature of a qualified elector of the County having the same political affiliation as the
person last elected to that office. The term of such person so appointed shall be until the
commencement of the calendar year next succeeding the first general election after the
happening of the vacancy if the vacancy occurs before September 20 of any year. If the
vacancy occurs after September 20 of any year, then the term of such person so appointed
shall be until the commencement of the second calendar year next succeeding the first general
election after the happening of the vacancy, at which election a County Executive may be
elected for the balance of the unexpired term, if any.
§ C2606. Filling vacancy in elective office of District Attorney, Sheriff and County
Clerk.
A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term in any elective County office,
including but not limited to the offices of District Attorney, Sheriff and County Clerk, shall be
filled by appointment by the County Executive, subject to confirmation by the County
Legislature, of a qualified elector of the County having the same political affiliation as the
person last elected to that office. The term of such person so appointed shall be until the
commencement of the calendar year next succeeding the first general election after the
happening of the vacancy if the vacancy occurs before September 20 of any year. If the
vacancy occurs after September 20 of any year, then the term of such person so appointed
shall be until the commencement of the second calendar year next succeeding the first general
election after the happening of the vacancy, at which election a District Attorney, Sheriff and
County Clerk, as the case may be, shall be elected for the balance of the term, if any.
§ C2607. Filling other vacancies.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, a vacancy in the office of the head of any
administrative unit the head of which by virtue of this Charter the County Executive or the
County Legislature shall have the power to appoint or remove shall be filled by a person who
shall be appointed on the basis of his administrative experience and his qualifications for the
duties of such office by the County Executive, subject to confirmation by the County
Legislature. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the head of any administrative unit
shall have the power to fill vacancies occurring within such administrative unit pursuant to the
Civil Service Law.
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