Common use of COUNTY RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clause in Contracts

COUNTY RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. The County retains, solely and exclusively, all the rights, powers, and authority exercised or held prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as expressly limited by a specific provision of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights, powers and authority retained solely and exclusively by the County and not abridged herein include, but are not limited to, the following: 5.1.1 To manage and direct its business and personnel; to manage, control, and determine the mission of its departments, building facilities and operations; to create, change, combine or abolish jobs, departments and facilities in whole or in part; to subcontract work for other than economic reasons; or discontinue work for economic or operational reasons; to direct the work force; to increase or decrease the work force and determine the number of employees needed; to hire, transfer, promote and maintain the discipline and efficiency of its employees; to establish work standards, schedules of operation and reasonable work load; to specify or assign work requirements and overtime; to schedule working hours and shifts; to determine the type and scope of work to be performed and the services to be provided; to determine the methods, processes, means and places of providing services, and to take whatever action necessary to prepare for or operate in an emergency.