Chapter 2.18
PUBLIC GUARDIAN/CONSERVATOR
Sections:
2.18.010 Establishment of office.
2.18.015 Appointment of public administrator.
2.18.020 Appointment of public guardian/conservator.
2.18.025 Offices of public administrator and public guardian/conservator consolidated.
2.18.030 Deputies and subordinates.
2.18.050 Conservatorship of gravely disabled persons.
2.18.010 Establishment of office.
Pursuant to the authority granted by Government Code Section 27430, the office of public guardian/conservator is established within the county. (Ord. 1691 §3(part), 2009).
2.18.015 Appointment of public administrator.
Pursuant to the authority granted by Government Code Section 24011, effective January 1, 2010, the office of public administrator is declared to be an appointive office. The public administrator shall be appointed by the board of supervisors, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. (Ord. 1691 §3(part), 2009).
2.18.020 Appointment of public guardian/conservator.
The public guardian/conservator shall be appointed by the board of supervisors, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. No person or agency shall be designated as public guardian whose agency functions present real conflict with the functions of conservatorship investigation or administration. (Ord. 1691 §3(part), 2009).
2.18.025 Offices of public administrator and public guardian/conservator consolidated.
A. Under the authority of Government Code Section 24011, effective January 1, 2010, the duties of the offices of the county public administrator and the county public guardian/conservator are declared to be united and consolidated.
B. The office of the public administrator and the office of public guardian/conservator shall have as their respective executive heads one appointed officer.
C. The duties, rights and obligations of the respective separate offices shall be continued and combined for the public good as provided by law. (Ord. 1691 §3(part), 2009).
2.18.030 Deputies and subordinates.
The board of supervisors may appoint deputy public administrators-public guardians/conservators and subordinate positions under the public administrator-public guardian/conservator’s supervision. (Ord. 1691 §3(part), 2009).
2.18.040 Compensation.
The compensation for serving as public administrator and public guardian/conservator shall be established by resolution of the board of supervisors. Any fees for services rendered by the public administrator and public guardian/conservator as ordered by the court shall be paid into the Amador County general fund. (Ord. 1691 §3(part), 2009).
2.18.050 Conservatorship of gravely disabled persons.
The public guardian/conservator is designated as the investigating agency, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5351, to provide conservatorship investigation concerning persons alleged to be "gravely disabled," as defined in Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5008. The public guardian/conservator shall serve as conservator of any person found to be gravely disabled, if the court recommends the conservatorship after a conservatorship investigation, and the court finds that no other person or entity is willing and able to serve as such conservator. (Ord. 1691 §3(part), 2009).
2.18.060 Bond.
The public guardian/conservator shall give an official bond in an amount fixed by the board of supervisors. The bond shall be for the joint benefit of the guardianship or conservatorship estates and the county. The public guardian/conservator may not be required to give a bond in an individual estate. (Ord. 1691 §3(part), 2009).