(a) The personnel director shall be appointed by the county commission. The personnel director shall attend all meetings of the board, serve as the recording secretary of the board, provide clerical assistance to the board, and administer this part and the rules established hereunder that are not specifically reserved to the board. The personnel director and the personnel department shall facilitate the administration of compensation and benefits to the employees of the office of the sheriff in the same manner as those benefits are administered to the employees of the county.

(b) In any matter requiring the services of an attorney, the board may call upon the county attorney to render such legal service to the board as it may deem necessary or advisable. In the event of a conflict of interest, the board may retain outside counsel, to be paid from the county treasury.

(c) For regular meetings of the board or special hearings or meetings of the board relating to a pending disciplinary action, each member shall receive sixty dollars ($60) per day, not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars ($180) per month paid from the county treasury, plus reimbursement for mileage based on the current business mileage rate as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service. For regular meetings of the board or special hearings or meetings of the board relating to a pending disciplinary action, the chair shall receive seventy-five dollars ($75) per day, not to exceed two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) per month, paid from the county treasury, plus reimbursement for mileage based on the current business mileage rate as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service.