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Committee advances three items to consent: tourism contract extension, marshals recruitment incentives, EEO plan
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting the Snohomish County Finance, Budget & Administration Committee moved three items to the consent calendar: a one-year, $1.5 million extension for countywide tourism marketing; recruitment incentives for marshals including $10,000'$20,000 bonuses; and the executive's 2025'2026 equal employment opportunity plan.
The Snohomish County Finance, Budget & Administration Committee on Jan. 13 moved three administrative items to upcoming consent calendars for further consideration.
Nicole Gourley, council staff, presented Motion 26-002 to approve Amendment No. 1 to the county's contract with Dave Vangley and Associates for countywide tourism marketing and management services funded by the hotel-motel tax. The amendment would extend the contract from Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2026, and add $1,500,000 in funding; Gourley said the money was identified in the 2025'2026 adopted budget. Chair Dunne said the committee would move that item to General Legislative Session (GLS) the following day under consent.
Gourley also presented Motion 26-021, an amendment to the county's collective bargaining agreement covering the marshals that creates two recruitment incentives. The base incentive, which would remain for the life of the collective bargaining agreement, would give an eligible employee the option of one day of leave or one day of pay for recruiting a candidate who is hired into certain hard-to-fill roles (deputy sheriff, corrections deputy, mental health professional, nurse, or other positions designated by the sheriff). The temporary enhanced incentive would run until Dec. 31, 2027, or until 20 recruitments per position are reached; for recruiting a corrections deputy or deputy sheriff it would provide $10,000 for new hires and $20,000 for lateral hires, paid in two installments tied first to completion of field training (FTO) and then to readiness for solo assignment. Gourley described illustrative cost scenarios and said the bargaining unit representing the marshals had accepted the proposal. The committee moved this item to the consent agenda for Jan. 20.
Finally, Gourley presented Motion 205-559 to approve the executive's equal employment opportunity plan for 06/01/2025 through 05/31/2026, which she said is required under "SEC 3.57.060." The committee moved that plan to the Jan. 20 consent agenda.
No public comment was taken on these items at the Jan. 13 meeting; the committee conducted roll call and advanced the items for formal consideration in upcoming GLS and committee calendars.
What happens next: the three items will appear on the committee or GLS consent calendars (dates provided at the meeting: Motion 26-002 to GLS the next day; the other two on the Jan. 20 consent agenda).
