he's commanded by thebsqqa chao do certain specified things, cheefl to keep the jail, andw>no execute orders of the court. >> supervisor elsbernd: and some of the duties that have been imposed to him outside of the charter, ordinances that have been passed, appointing him to various boards and commissions, requiring he play a role beyond those limited official charter duties would those be considered official? >> well i'd agree if he's commanded by some legislation to perform other things, and then, yes, we would consider those to be part of his official duties. >> supervisor elsbernd: okay. and then somewhat connected to that, the sheriff's department itself has -- and excuse me for not having the exact language but i think it has some code of conduct that the sheriff in front of the ethics commission he was asked to discuss, and as i recall, reading through the transcript, the sheriff, in a sense, acceded to the fact that his actions violated the code of conduct. so, again, in your mind, is that code of conduct separate and apart from official duties? >> yes. i mean certainly, as in