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• The County Veterans Service Officer would report directly to the Veterans Service Committee and be responsible to them. The conditions of employment such as salary, holidays , sick pay, vacation time I conclude are set by the county board. I make this conclusion because of the very clear statutory authority of the board to set the salary of the Veterans Service Officer . The other forms of compensation that I listed are clearly tied into the salary of the Veterans Service Officer. This differs significantly from the elected officials situation. ' An, elected comity official is an independent office that is not responsible to the county board. The county board only sets the salary for an elected officials position prior to the people filing for the office_ Once that salary is set the county board has no control over the activities of that office . Several attorney general ' s opinions exist which set forth that the elected official sets the hours of their office , the holidays and all other compensation for their employees . This however is only altered by section 23-1114 which states that the county board sets the salaries for the deputies and conditions of their employment such as sick leave . This is the same statute that authorizes the county board to set the salary of the Veterans Service Officer . A closer comparison would be the Veterans Service officer to the appointed Highway Superintendent . The Highway Superintendent is appointed by the county board and serves at their will . All the conditions of his employment are established by the board. The County Highway Superintendent then in turn directs his employees according to guidance of the county board. The Veterans Service Officer would stand. in a similar position except for the fact that the Veterans Service Committee stands in between the Veterans Service Officer and the county board.. The Veterans service Committee would set the guidelines for the Veterans Service Officer such as manners of operation. The employees of the veterans service office ought to be considered county employees and treated the same as all other county employees . There are very few statutes and only one Attorney General ' s opinion , no case law that describes the relationship between the Veteran Service Officer, the Veterans Service Committee and the county board. What I have stated above is an interpretation of statutes to extrapolate a conclusion . Therefore , this is an expression of my opinion which is certainly subject to a second interpretation.