The prosecuting attorney of Snohomish county is authorized to enter into negotiations with the parties or their legal representatives named in a lawsuit involving any provision of this title for the collection of civil penalties to negotiate a settlement, compromise or otherwise dispose of a lawsuit when to do so will be in the best interests of the county; PROVIDED, That a report shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners in any instance where a compromise settlement is negotiated. (Amended by § 15 of Res. adopted July 10, 1978).