Ohio Revised Code Title III. Counties § 340.041

(A) Serve as executive officer of the board and, subject to the prior approval of the board for each contract, except contracts, if any, to which division (F) of section 340.03 of the Revised Code applies, execute contracts on its behalf;

(B) Supervise addiction services, mental health services, recovery supports, and facilities provided, operated, contracted, or supported by the board to the extent of determining that services, supports, and facilities are being administered in conformity with this chapter and rules of the director of behavioral health;

(C) Provide consultation to community addiction services providers and community mental health services providers;

(D) Recommend to the board the changes necessary to increase the effectiveness of addiction services, mental health services, and recovery supports and other matters necessary or desirable to carry out this chapter;

(E) Employ and remove from office such employees and consultants in the classified civil service and, subject to the approval of the board, employ and remove from office such other employees and consultants as may be necessary for the work of the board, and fix their compensation and reimbursement within the limits set by the salary schedule and the budget approved by the board;

(F) Encourage the development and expansion of preventive, treatment, and consultative services, as well as recovery supports, in the fields of addiction services and mental health services with emphasis on continuity of care;

(G) Prepare for board approval an annual report of the addiction services, mental health services, recovery supports, and facilities under the jurisdiction of the board, including a fiscal accounting of all services and supports;

(H) Conduct such studies and activities as may be necessary and practicable for the promotion of mental health, the promotion of addiction services, and the prevention of mental illness, emotional disorders, and addiction, including developing and disseminating informational materials to educate the public about mental illness and addiction treatment and prevention and the availability of services and supports;

(I) Authorize the county auditor, or in a joint-county district the county auditor designated as the auditor for the district, to issue warrants for the payment of board obligations approved by the board, provided that all payments from funds distributed to the board by the department of behavioral health are in accordance with the budget submitted pursuant to section 340.08 of the Revised Code, as approved by the department of behavioral health.