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ARTICLE VII Powers and Duties of County Executive SECTION 20. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The County Executive shall be responsible to the Board of Supervisors for the proper and efficient administration of such of the affairs of the county as are or hereafter may he placed in his charge, or under his jurisdiction or control, pursuant to the provisions of this Charter, or of any ordinance, resolution or order of the Board of Supervisors: He shall also act in an advisory capacity to and with the Board of Supervisors with respect to any necessary or proper coordination of functions of officials and boards not under -his jurisdiction or control. He shall be charged with, and shall be responsible for, the enforcement of all ordinances, orders or governmental regulations of the Board of Supervisors, and he is vested with the power to sue, in the name of the county, in the proper court, to enforce same. SECTION 21. ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES. In addition to other powers and duties . herein provided, it shall be the duty of the County Executive and he shall have the power: (a) To appoint and to remove, subject to the provisions of this Charter, all appointive officers, • deputies, clerks, attaches and other employees, boards and commissions, except as is otherwise pro- vided by law or by this Charter. (b) To make recommendations to and requests of the Board of Supervisors concerning all of the matters and things which, pursuant to the provisions of this Charter, are to be performed, done • or carried out by said Board upon the recommendation or at the request of the County Executive. (c) To recommend, for adoption by the Board of Supervisors, such measures and ordinance as may to him seem necessary or expedient, and to make such other recommendations to the Board concerning the affairs of the county as may to him seem necessary or expedient. (d) To prepare and submit to the Board of Supervisors, such reports as said Board may require, with respect to the activities of any office or institution which is, or hereafter may be, under the control or subject to the direction or supervision of the County Executive. (e) To keep the Board of Supervisors advised of the financial condition and of the needs of the county. (f) To employ, by and with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, experts and consult- ants to perform work and advise, in connection with any of the functions of the county, when economically advantageous. (g) To have charge of all buildings and grounds of the county, and to arrange, by and with the consent of the Board of Supervisors, for adequate facilities for space and equipment necessary or proper in the conduct of any county office or county function. (h) To prepare, or cause to be prepared, within the limits of his jurisdiction, such plans, specifications and detailed drawings as may become necessary or proper for work which the Board of Supervisors may order to be done, or for material or supplies which said Board may order to be furnished. (i) To consult with and make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors with respect to the award of public contracts, within the limits of his jurisdiction and to see that all contracts made with the county are faithfully performed. 8