(1972)

ROBERT RAHR FLATLEY, Corporation Counsel, Brown County

You have requested my opinion whether a county executive has authority to appoint the members of the county highway committee.

I am of the opinion that he does not.

Section 59.032 (2) (b) and (c), Stats., provides in part:

"(b) Appoint the heads of all departments of the county except those elected by the people and except where the law provides that the appointment shall be made by a board or commission or by other elected officers; but he shall also appoint all department heads where the law provides that the appointment shall be made by…