Section 64. Administration of plan

1. The board of supervisors shall by
  local law provide for the administration of the plan, such  plan  to  be
  administered  by  either  a  committee  or  an administrator. Any county
  officer or employee or other person may be appointed to  such  committee
  or  act  as administrator, or be appointed or employed by such committee
  or administrator. The committee or administrator may employ, subject  to
  the  approval of the board of supervisors, such persons as may be deemed
  necessary for the operation of the plan, and may contract for  necessary
  actuarial,  or  other  expert  or  professional services. Members of the
  committee or the administrator, and all other officers and employees  of
  the  plan, shall receive such salary or other remuneration, payable from
  moneys of the plan, as shall be  fixed  by  the  board  of  supervisors.
  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any other law, a county officer or
  employee, other than a member of the board of supervisors,  in  addition
  to  his  salary  as  such  officer  or employee, may be compensated as a
  member of such committee, as such administrator, or  as  an  officer  or
  employee of the plan.
    2.  The  county  treasurer shall be the custodian of all moneys of the
  plan. Such moneys shall be accounted for as a separate fund to be  known
  as  the  county self-insurance fund, and shall be deposited in a bank or
  trust company designated in the manner provided by law as  a  depositary
  of  moneys  of  the  county.  Disbursements  of  such moneys, except for
  payment of fixed  salaries,  shall  be  made  only  upon  order  of  the
  committee or administrator, as the case may be. Compensation may be paid
  upon  such  order  to persons entitled thereto in the manner provided in
  section twenty-five of this chapter. The amount of compensation  payable
  prior  to  an  award  pursuant  to such order shall constitute a settled
  claim within the meaning of the local finance law.  Books,  records  and
  papers of the plan shall be subject to examination and audit as provided
  in section two hundred ten of the county law.
    3. The county attorney shall be legal advisor to the plan and it shall
  be his duty to represent the plan in all controversies. In addition, the
  county  attorney  may  engage  subject  to  the approval of the board of
  supervisors, counsel  in  respect  to  any  particular  subject  matter,
  proceeding  or  litigation,  in which event the expense of engaging such
  special counsel shall be charged as an  administrative  expense  of  the
  plan.