Snohomish County Regional Public Safety 12/5/2017

meeting required to approve any recommendation to be forwarded to the Governing Board. The actions and recommendations of attendees at the annual Agencies' Assembly shall be advisory to the Governing Board. SECTION 9. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The Governing Board shall be responsible for the appointment and termination of the Executive Director. An interim Executive Director shall be appointed by the Transition Board as provided in Section 6.b. The interim Executive Director shall serve in such capacity until a permanent Executive Director is appointed by the Governing Board. A Supermajority Vote of the Governing Board is required to appoint the Executive Director of Snohomish County 911. The Executive Director shall be responsible to the Governing Board and shall advise it from time to time on a proposed budget and other appropriate matters in order to fully implement the purposes of this Agreement. The Executive Director shall administer Snohomish County 911 in its day-to-day operations, including but not limited to: approving and overseeing the administration of all operating procedures and public records management procedures consistent with Governing Board policies; and appointing persons to fill other staff positions in the Snohomish County 911 and overseeing the evaluation and discipline, hiring and firing of employees, and administration of collective bargaining agreements and other personnel contracts consistent with Governing Board policies. Only the Governing Board shall be authorized to hire or retain legal counsel and independent accountants and auditors. Other consultants or legal counsel for specialized purposes within the Executive Director's signing authority as it may be defined by the Board from time to time may be designated in such manner as the Governing Board may determine subject to Sections 5 and 6. The Executive Director shall have experience in technical, financial and administrative fields and his or her appointment shall be on the basis of merit only. The Executive Director is an "at will" employee and may be terminated upon the Simple Majority Vote of the Governing Board. SECTION 10. PERSONNEL POLICY The Executive Director shall, as necessary from time to time, submit to the Governing Board a proposed personnel policy for the Governing Board's approval, rejection or modification. All modifications or revisions to such personnel policies must be approved by the Governing Board if and to the extent required in such policies. 22