RE: Chairman

[Kenneth Gallant <gallantk@uidaho.edu>]

It is my view that any of the optional forms of county
government--including the one proposed for Latah County (three
commissioners, appointed manager, mostly appointed row officers)--allow
the Board of Commissioners to choose a chair.

Kenneth S. Gallant
Professor of Law
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho 83844-2322 USA
208-885-6541 (phone)
208-885-4628 (fax)
gallantk@uidaho.edu

On Sat, 3 Oct 1998 Erikus4@aol.com wrote:

> >I think you're right, but I don't think that the current form of county 
> >government, as legislated initially for all counties in the state, has a 
> >defined possition of Chairman of the three elected commisioners.  Does 
> >anyone out there know if it this is a legally constituted possition??
> 
> Idaho Code:
>  31-705.  ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. The members of the board of commissioners
> must, at their first regular meeting on the second Monday of January next
> after their election, elect a chairman from their number.
> 
> This appears to be for the mandated form of county government.  I don't know
> if it is applicable to any of the optional board-type govts, and I must
> confess ignorance of Latah county's current form.  It appears there were three
> commissioners at the 21 September meeting.  If we have a regular three-member
> board one of those three should probably be chairman.
> 
> Idaho Code available at: http://www.idwr.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/idstTOC.html
> 
> E. O'Daniel
>