Committee backs residency-exemption plan for county attorneys, sets public hearing
Summary
Members approved moving forward with a local-law process to exempt most county attorneys from an Allegany County residency requirement — allowing residence in contiguous counties — and will advocate a state-level change to the relevant 'public officers' requirement; a public hearing date was set.
The County Administrator described two related items to allow county attorneys to live in contiguous counties rather than requiring Allegany County residency. The administrator said department heads and first assistants would be excluded from the exemption because they must be able to assume leadership if a vacancy occurs.
Committee members moved to approve initiating the local-law process and to set a public hearing date; the motions carried. The administrator noted the county would next seek to have the state amend the applicable 'public officers' requirement at the state level to permit the change after local adoption.
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