200.100 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY POLICY
The board delegates the appointing authority of the college to senior administrators
in the president's absence. The appointing authority delegated to the senior administrators
shall only be exercised if the following criterion is met:
- No one shall exercise any authority unless all administrators preceding him or her
on the senior administrator’s order of positions list are also absent as previously
defined.
- On or before July 1 of each academic year, the president will file with the board,
the order of position list of the senior administrators.
- The president must be absent. Absent means that the individual: 1) has taken formal
medical, vacation, or personal leave; 2) is not available in person, by telephone,
by email or other reasonable means; and/or 3) has left prior written notice indicating
an "absent" status.
- The senior administrators who are able to establish that the president and other administrators
who precede them on the order of positions list are absent shall have the authority
to hire, terminate, suspend, reassign, discipline, or demote any Wenatchee Valley
College District 15 personnel (with the exception of the president or other senior
administrators as defined herein) without prior approval of the board of trustees.
This delegation of power does not include the ability to render decisions related
to the granting or denial of tenure.
Supersedes 4.A.06 (procedure moved to policy)
Adopted by the board of trustees: 5/10/00
Updated titles: adopted by the board of trustees: 9/19/07
Revised and approved by the president’s cabinet: 9/27/11, 11/5/19
Adopted by the board of trustees: 11/16/11, 11/20/19
Last reviewed: 8/29/19
Policy contact: President
Related policies and procedures
None identified at this time