Siskiyou County Municipal Code Ch. 4 Department of General Services

There is hereby created in the County a Department of General Services and the position of Director of the Department of General Services.

(Ord. No. 08-17, § I, 10-14-2008)

The Director of General Services for the County of Siskiyou shall have the following duties:

(a) To handle all matters relating to County buildings, including, but not limited to, housekeeping, maintenance, repair, revisions or remodeling of County buildings and the landscaping, care and maintenance of County grounds and County parking lots.

(b) To handle all matters related to phone systems, data wiring, State 911 requirements, radio communications (including repeater towers that service law enforcement, fire and county departments using radios), security cameras, portable PA systems, and the installation of radios in County vehicles.

(c) To handle all matters with respect to the operation and maintenance of County solid waste facilities and solid waste disposal;

(d) To oversee Siskiyou County Flood Control and Water Conservation District property, including the Box Canyon Dam Project area (including Lake Siskiyou, Lake Siskiyou Campground and trail, County owned portions of the Mt. Shasta Golf Course and chalets, dam and hydroelectric plant and forest properties), Meiss Lake pump station at Sam's Neck and the maintenance of the Canal from Sam's Neck to the Klamath River, Butte Valley diversions I and II, Lake Shastina public campground and boat ramp;

(e) To handle all matters related to County airports, oversee the Director of Airports and sign grant documentation related to airports as authorized or directed by the Board;

(f) To handle all matters related to County bus service, oversee the Director of Transportation, and serve as Executive Director of the Local Transportation Commission and perform duties as authorized or directed by the Local Transportation Commission.

(Ord. No. 20-22, § I, 12-1-2020)

The Director of the Department of General Services shall be appointed by a majority of the members of the Board. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and as an at will employee and may be removed or suspended by a majority vote of the Board at any regular meeting; provided, however, that the Director of the Department of General Services shall have not less than thirty (30) days' notice in writing of the Board's intention to remove the Director before the removal shall become final. During the thirty-day time period, the Director may be suspended or relieved of his or her duties by a majority vote of the Board.

(Ord. No. 08-17, § I, 10-14-2008)

The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed or construed to grant any authority to, or impose any duty upon, the Department of General Services and/or the Director of the Department of General Services which authority or duty is vested or imposed by general law in or on any other County officer, board, commission, department or employee or beyond that which is authorized by law.

(Ord. No. 08-17, § I, 10-14-2008)