(a) The director of community services shall be subject to the provisions of article 41 of the Mental Hygiene Law regarding powers and duties and any other such requirements as may be lawfully delegated. The director of community services shall:

1. (1) serve as chief executive office of the local governmental unit and shall be a full-time employee, except in cases where the IOCC has expressly waived this requirement pursuant to the provision of section 102.8 of this Part;
2. (2) employ and remove such officers, employees and consultants as may be necessary for the work of the board within the amounts made available by appropriations;
3. (3) exercise general supervision and program monitoring over local services and local facilities;
4. (4) exercise general supervision over the treatment of patients who are receiving local or unified services or who are in local facilities;
5. (5) make recommendations to the board for the provision of services and the establishment of facilities, including contracts and other matters necessary as desirable to ensure the effective direction and administration of a local comprehensive service system;
6. (6) encourage the development and expansion of preventive, rehabilitation and treatment programs in the field of mental illness, mental retardation and developmental disabilities, alcoholism, and substance abuse;
7. (7) make an annual report to the board of the programs under the auspice of the local governmental unit, including a fiscal accounting;
8. (8) carry on such activities as may be appropriate to planning, advocacy, service coordination and quality assurance of local services and local facilities; and
9. (9) carry on such studies as may be appropriate for the discharge of duties.