5. Discussion on auditor/treasurer/recorder positions

CASS COUNTY COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL 38._ SUBJECT: ORDINANCE #2006-1 (CONVERTING SELECTED COUNTY POSITIONS FROM ELECTIVE TO APPOINTIVE POSITIONS) ADOPTED DATE: PAGE 1 OF 2 AN ORDINANCE CONVERTING SELECTIVE COUNTY POSITIONS FROM ELECTIVE TO APPOINTIVE POSITIONS WHEREAS, the voters of Cass County enacted a Home Rule Charter (HRC) in 1994 pursuant to North Dakota Century Code Chapter 11-09.1; and WHEREAS, within HRC Art.6, §1.3 the voters gave the Cass County Board of Commissioners the authority, through an ordinance, to convert from elective to appointive positions the following: County Treasurer, Register of Deeds, Auditor and Clerk of Court; and WHEREAS, HRC Art. 6, §1.3 restricts the Cass County Board of Commissioners from converting any of those positions from elective to appointive positions if it shortens the term of office for an elected official or reduces the salary of an official during that term; and WHEREAS, the Register of Deeds is now known as the Recorder, and the Clerk of Court is no longer a county position; and WHEREAS, the current Recorder has announced that she will not run for re- election in 2006 and plans to retire by the end of 2006; and WHEREAS, the Cass County Board of Commissioners has not previously sought to pass an ordinance converting any of the positions listed in HRC Art. 6, §1.3 from elective to appointive positions; and NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Cass County Board of Commissioners that: 1. The office of Recorder be converted from an elective position to an appointive position, effective on the retirement of the current Recorder or January 1, 2007, whichever occurs first; and 2. The offices of Auditor and Treasurer be converted from elective positions to appointive positions, effective upon the conclusion of the terms of those offices in 2011.