§ 205. Compensation of employees. Subject to the constitution and the\ncivil service law but notwithstanding the provisions of any other\ngeneral law or of any special law to the contrary, the compensation of\nall employees paid from county funds shall be fixed by the board of\nsupervisors. The board of supervisors may adopt schedules of\ncompensation and grades with minimum and maximum salaries. Per diem or\nper hour schedules of compensation may be adopted for those employees\nnot paid on a salary basis and under such rules as the board may\ndetermine. Officers may be authorized to fix per diem or per hour rates\nof compensation for temporary employment.\n Subject to the civil service law and rules relating to promotions, the\ncompensation of employees may be increased or diminished at any time.\nThe compensation paid to any employee shall be in lieu of all fees,\npercentages, emoluments or other form of compensation payable for\nservices rendered to the county by virtue of his employment; provided\nhowever, that any employee (1) required by law to reside at a county\ninstitution or (2) authorized by resolution of the board of supervisors,\nmay be furnished maintenance or any part thereof at a county\ninstitution. Such maintenance furnished on or after the first day of\nJanuary nineteen hundred fifty-five shall be defined and the fair value\nthereof determined by resolution of the board and the amount so\ndetermined shall constitute part of the compensation fixed for any such\nemployee.\n All fees, percentages, emoluments or other compensation received shall\nbe the property of the county and be paid into the county treasury\nmonthly on or before the tenth day of the month. Each court stenographer\nshall be entitled to retain to his own use, in addition to the amount\nfixed by the board of supervisors for regular services, the fees and\nother compensation prescribed by law or certified by a presiding judge\npursuant to law, for transcribing and furnishing a copy of the minutes,\ntestimony or exhibits taken or produced in any civil or criminal action\nor proceeding.\n Any physician or dentist employed by the E. J. Meyer Memorial\nHospital, by the Westchester county medical center, or by the Nassau\ncounty medical center shall be entitled to receive fees, in addition to\nthe amount fixed by the respective county legislature for regular\nservices, for private professional services rendered in accordance with\nthe provisions of section one hundred thirty of the general municipal\nlaw.\n
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