3.42.050 Administration.
(1) The board shall employ or otherwise provide a county noxious weed coordinator, hereafter referred to as the "coordinator," through the county personnel system, pursuant to RCW 17.10.060, with the director of the department of conservation and natural resources as the appointing authority for the coordinator. The coordinator may be classified as full time or seasonal as determined by the director of the department of conservation and natural resources in consultation with the board. The coordinator shall comply with the county personnel policies. These policies require supervision from the director of the department of conservation and natural resources or the director’s designee for all purposes including authority regarding appointment, termination or employee discipline.
(2) The coordinator’s duties shall include management of the annual noxious weed control program, including but not limited to:
(a) Supervision of the inspection of land to determine the presence of noxious weeds;
(b) Preparation of the annual program and preliminary budget estimates as provided in SCC 4.26.030 for approval by the county council;
(c) Management of the board’s annual program of work which includes four elements: the weed control program; the education program; the enforcement and regulation program; and the monitoring program.
(3) The coordinator will be accountable to the board for meeting the fiscal and budgetary restraints set forth by the board and the county council. The coordinator will provide the board with a budgetary review of expenditures and balances at the regular meetings of the board or as requested by the board.
(4) Subject to budgetary control by the county council, the board may request that the director of the department of conservation and natural resources assign additional department employees as the board deems necessary for the administration of the county’s noxious weed control program. Such employees shall be county classified positions subject to the provisions of title 3A SCC. While the board shall establish the annual noxious weed control program to be carried out by such employees, they shall be subject to the supervision of the director of the department of conservation and natural resources or the director’s designee for all purposes including decisions regarding appointment, termination or employee discipline.
(5) Administrative support for the board shall be provided by the department of conservation and natural resources. Subject to the limitations of budgetary appropriations, such support shall include, but not be limited to, office space, vehicles and equipment as well as payroll, accounting, grants administration and all other necessary financial services. All expenditures of board appropriations shall be approved by the chair of the board, or the chair’s designee, before being authorized by the department.
(6) The board may seek and recommend that the executive, in accordance with SCC 2.10.010(25), apply for grants to support the county noxious weed control program. Grant contracts shall be approved in accordance with SCC 2.10.010 and 3.04.140. (Added by Ord. 87-102, Nov. 25, 1987; Amended by Amended Ord. 10-083, Oct. 27, 2010, Eff date Dec. 1, 2010; Amended by Ord. 22-011, Apr. 27, 2022, Eff date May 14, 2022; Amended by Ord. 24-014, Apr. 3, 2024, Eff date Apr. 15, 2024).