§ 402. County Executive Powers and Duties

There is a County Executive, who shall be the chief executive officer of the County and shall faithfully execute the laws. All executive power vested in the County by the Constitution and laws of Maryland and this Charter shall be vested in the Executive. The Executive shall see that the affairs of the executive branch are administered properly and efficiently, and that employees of the executive branch faithfully perform their duties. The duties and responsibilities of the Executive shall include:

(a) Supervising and directing offices, agencies and divisions of the executive branch and ensuring that County employees as well as County boards and commissions faithfully perform their duties;

(b) preparing and submitting to the Council the annual County Budget;

(c) preparing and submitting to the Council and the public within six months after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report on the activities and accomplishments of the County government, including a comprehensive annual financial statement;

(d) providing the Council with any information the Executive deems necessary or, as the Council in writing may request, information concerning the executive branch which the Council may require for the exercise of its powers;

(e) recommending to the Council such measures for legislative action that the Executive may consider to be in the best interests of the County; and

(f) signing or causing to be signed on the County's behalf all deeds, contracts, and other instruments.