They will serve for $1 a year and, with a few exceptions, are not expected to become county administrators themselves.

His mother had a part-time job as an assistant to the county administrator.

Some county administrators are looking to regional solutions for rising costs.

One day last summer the county administrator had enough.

"But once in a while, you'll hear of a grand jury that's really at odds with county administrators and gets into conflicts."

The courthouse also houses the office of the County Administrator.

Because of the emergency situation, county administrators had to get the first trucks they could get their hands on.

The county administrator, Danny Jordan, said the problem was not that simple.

But county administrators defended the camps and disputed all the objections.

Doing so would give county administrators access to $17 million in county emergency reserve funds.