The administrator shall be responsible only to the executive. He shall, under the direction and supervision of the executive, undertake to assist in the orderly and efficient administration of the county, performing whatever supervisory or administrative duties the executive deems necessary and proper.

Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the administrator’s being appointed to head one or more departments on a temporary or permanent basis.

L.1972, c. 154, s. 44, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 16, eff. May 5, 1975.