(1) Be the Chief Executive Officer of the Court and preside at meetings thereof.

(2) Prepare and present to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the General Assembly the estimated budget of the Court for the ensuing fiscal year.

(3) Assign Judges to the several Courts.

(4) Approve the travel and other expenses incurred by the Judges and all employees in the performance of their duties.

(5) Establish, when necessary, a Judge's vacation schedule.

(6) The Chief Judge shall create a Judicial Council for a term of 3 years which shall be composed of the Chief Judge and 2 Judges, both of whom shall be appointed by the Chief Judge, and 1 of whom shall reside in Kent or Sussex County. No more than a bare majority of the Judges on the Judicial Council shall be affiliated with any 1 major political party. The Judicial Council shall determine the organization and structure of the Court; establish the procedure for appointment and dismissal; the classification, titles, duties, and salaries of the Administrator, the Director of Treatment Services, the respective Chief Supervisors for the Court in each of the 3 counties, and the personal secretaries of the Administrator and all Judges. All of the aforementioned individuals shall be specifically exempt from the state merit system. All other employees of the Court shall be included within the state merit system in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 59 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code.

(7) Establish a procedure for the assignment of cases to the Judges.

(8) Provide for payment of the Court's expenses.

(9) Appoint and remove at the judge's pleasure peace officers who shall be selected from among the employees of the Court and who, while so appointed shall have such powers normally incident to peace officers, including but not limited to, the power to make arrests in a criminal cases, provided that the exercise of such powers shall be limited to any building or real property maintained or used as a courthouse or in support of judicial functions.