Duties of the President include presenting a balanced budget to the Board for approval, as well as overseeing County Board meetings and the Bureaus of Offices Under the President. This grants them the ability to veto or approve ordinances and resolutions, as well as the ability to appoint certain employees to the Cook County administration, though they may need the consent of the Board to do so. Additionally, the President must present an annual report to the Board on county affairs and its finances, which would require reports and an examination of Cook County administrative units, as well as their properties. The President is also able to enter into intergovernmental agreements as well as agreements with the private sector with the consent and advice of the Board. Under the constitution, any county that directly elects its chief executive is a
home rule county. Because Cook County already elected its county president, when the constitution went into effect it was the only county that automatically became a home rule county (by virtue of having a directly-elected chief executive. ==Officeholders==