3.33.040 Campaign guidelines and requirements.
(1) Frequency. There shall be one annual charitable campaign for federations of charitable organizations as provided by this chapter and in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The executive shall designate the month in which the charitable campaign will be held.
(2) Eligibility for Participation. A federation of charitable organizations shall be eligible to participate in the annual campaign if:
(a) The federation submits a timely application for participation to the committee to include as a minimum a certification signed by an authorized officer or employee of the federation which shall contain statements to the effect that:
(i) The charitable organization and the federation meet the standards established respectively in SCC 3.33.020(2) and (3).
(ii) The federation has been in existence and has actively made grants for the previous 12 months.
(iii) The federation has the express permission of the board of directors of each organization represented by the federation for the use of its name and participation in the fund drive.
(iv) The federation and each organization represented by the federation is registered with the secretary of the state of Washington as provided by RCW 19.09.065 and is in compliance with Washington laws governing charities to the best of the knowledge of the individual certifying the application.
(v) The federation and each organization represented by the federation, except government units, are governed by a voluntary board of directors which serves without compensation for serving on the board.
(b) The federation and each organization represented by the federation shall not discriminate with respect to those classes of people protected by federal law.
(c) The federation and each organization represented by the federation shall make available to the ECCC, copies of its annual report including its most recent financial statement, as well as a disclosure for that period of the total dollar value of support from all sources received on behalf of the charitable purposes, fund raising costs and other expenses.
(d) Each federation and each organization represented by the federation shall expend a minimum of 75 percent of the monies raised from the combined fund drive for those charitable purposes for which the money was solicited within 12 months of receipt of the monies.
(e) Each federation and each organization represented by the federation shall have no more than 25 percent of their total budget used towards overhead costs.
(3) Payroll Deductions Authorized. Organizations conducting campaigns pursuant to this chapter and to the rules authorized by this chapter may solicit donations from county employees to be made by payroll deductions. The county shall make deductions from county employees’ salary warrants and pay the monies so collected to the federations of charitable organizations as authorized by county employees pursuant to this chapter and rules herein authorized.
(4) Use of County Resources--Prohibition. As provided in RCW 41.06.250(1) and 42.17.130, county property, equipment, or county employees’ working time may not be used during a campaign for partisan political purposes, to assist in an individual’s election to political office or for the promotion of or opposition to any ballot proposition.
(5) Responsibility for Promotional Costs. All promotional costs associated with the campaign related to county employees shall be the responsibility of those organizations designated to participate in the distribution of the funds collected.
(6) Voluntary Participation. County employees’ participation in charitable campaigns shall be strictly voluntary. No county employee shall be coerced to participate in any campaign presentation or coerced to make any donation to a charitable organization. No county employee shall be penalized for failing to participate in a campaign or for failing to make a donation to a charitable organization. (Added by Ord. 92-066, July 1, 1992).