N.Y. County Law Section 205
Compensation of employees

Subject to the constitution and the civil service law but notwithstanding the provisions of any other general law or of any special law to the contrary, the compensation of all employees paid from county funds shall be fixed by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may adopt schedules of compensation and grades with minimum and maximum salaries. Per diem or per hour schedules of compensation may be adopted for those employees not paid on a salary basis and under such rules as the board may determine. Officers may be authorized to fix per diem or per hour rates of compensation for temporary employment. Subject to the civil service law and rules relating to promotions, the compensation of employees may be increased or diminished at any time. The compensation paid to any employee shall be in lieu of all fees, percentages, emoluments or other form of compensation payable for services rendered to the county by virtue of his employment; provided however, that any employee (1) required by law to reside at a county institution or (2) authorized by resolution of the board of supervisors, may be furnished maintenance or any part thereof at a county institution. Such maintenance furnished on or after the first day of January nineteen hundred fifty-five shall be defined and the fair value thereof determined by resolution of the board and the amount so determined shall constitute part of the compensation fixed for any such employee. All fees, percentages, emoluments or other compensation received shall be the property of the county and be paid into the county treasury monthly on or before the tenth day of the month. Each court stenographer shall be entitled to retain to his own use, in addition to the amount fixed by the board of supervisors for regular services, the fees and other compensation prescribed by law or certified by a presiding judge pursuant to law, for transcribing and furnishing a copy of the minutes, testimony or exhibits taken or produced in any civil or criminal action or proceeding. Any physician or dentist employed by the E. J. Meyer Memorial Hospital, by the Westchester county medical center, or by the Nassau county medical center shall be entitled to receive fees, in addition to the amount fixed by the respective county legislature for regular services, for private professional services rendered in accordance with the provisions of General Municipal Law § 130 (Admission and maintenance of patients)section one hundred thirty of the general municipal law.

Source: Section 205 — Compensation of employees, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CNT/205 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

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Compensation of supervisors 201
Compensation of officers 202
Publication of compensation and expenses of supervisors in certain counties 203
Expenses incurred in the performance of official duty 204
Positions of employment 205
Compensation of employees 205–A
Certain pilot projects 206
Hours of work and office hours 206–A
Business in county offices on holidays and Saturdays 207
Vacations 208
Books and records 209
Investigations 210
Examination and post audit 211
Printed and electronically recorded proceedings of the board 212
Designation of depositaries 214
Designation of newspapers 215
County property 216
Location of county offices 217
County jail 217–A
Qualification for employment as a county correction officer 218
Courthouses and judicial expenditures 218–A
County detention facilities for juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision 218–B
Prisoner furlough program in county jails and penitentiaries 219
Reforested lands 220
County planning board 220–A
Water quality management agency 221
County park commission 222
Cemeteries 223
Flood control and soil conservation 223–A
The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such sums as it may deem proper, not exceeding three thousand dollars in any one y... 223–B
EMS training and mutual aid programs 224
Optional appropriations and contracts for public benefit services 224–A
Elimination of noxious weeds 224–B
Cooperative extension area and statewide program specialist 225
Optional appropriations for public benefit services administered by the board 225–A
Fire training and mutual aid programs 225–B
Contracts for visiting nursing services 226
Monuments and memorials 226–A
Patriotic observances 226–B
Solid waste management 226–C
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 226–C*2
Waiver of fees for veterans organizations 226–C*3
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 226–D
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 226–E
Waiver of fees for veterans’ organizations 227
Legalizing acts 228
Disputed town boundaries 229
Erection and dissolution of towns 231
Expenses of police officer or peace officer injured in line of duty 232
County officers’ and county executives’ associations 233
Procedure on tax limit increase 233–A
Amounts to be included or excluded in computing constitutional taxing power 233–B
Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park or recreational purposes 234
Additional powers granted under other laws 234–A
Service of notice in relation to constitutionality of local law, ordinance, rule or regulation of a county 235
The board of supervisors by resolution may appoint a committee of citizens of the county to act in an advisory capacity to any committee,... 236
County plumbing licensing 236–A
County master electrician licensing 236–B
County electrical inspector licensing 237
Alcoholic beverage control
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Nov. 1, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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