CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; providing wage increases for 2025 and 2026 for certain non-represented City job titles; and providing adjustments to certain non-represented job titles.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. As requested by the Seattle Human Resources Director and recommended by the Mayor, effective January 1, 2025, the base wage rates for all non-represented job titles, except non-represented job titles at the Library and those job titles listed in Section 2 of this ordinance, shall be increased by 4 percent. The 2025 base wage increases shall be implemented as soon as practicable, with retroactive pay to January 1, 2025, as appropriate.
Section 2. Non-represented job titles at the Library and those job titles listed below are excluded from the wage increase described in Section 1 of this ordinance:
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Chief Technology Officer |
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City Attorney, Assistant |
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City Light General Manager and Chief Executive Officer |
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Contract Employee-Intermittent |
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Councilmember |
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Electric Utility Executive, All Classes |
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Executive Manager-City Auditor |
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Executive Manager-Legislative |
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Executive, All Classes |
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Hearing Examiner, All Classes |
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Hearing Examiner-Pro Tempore-Intermittent |
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High School Intern-Intermittent |
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Information Technology Professional, All Classes |
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Investments/Debt Director, All Classes |
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Legislative Assistant |
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Legislative Assistant-Intermittent |
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Magistrate |
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Manager, All Classes |
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Mayoral Staff Assistant, All Classes |
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Members of Boards or Commissions with Session or Meeting Rates |
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Municipal Judge |
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Municipal Judge-Pro Tempore-Day-Intermittent |
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Power Marketer |
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Seattle Fire Chief |
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Seattle Police Chief |
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Seattle Public Utilities General Manager and Chief Executive Officer |
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Strategic Advisor, All Classes |
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Strategic Advisor-Audit |
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Strategic Advisor-Legislative |
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Volunteer Firefighter-Skagit Project |
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Volunteer Firefighter-Skagit Project-Intermittent |
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Work Training Enrollee-Intermittent |
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Work Training Enrollee-Tier II-Intermittent |
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Youth Employment Enrollee-Summer-Intermittent |
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Youth Employment Enrollee-Summer-NC-Intermittent |
Section 3. Before applying the 4 percent wage increase provided by Section 1 of this ordinance, the following non-represented job titles shall also receive an increase to their base wage rates consistent with wage increases negotiated for identical represented job titles in the PROTEC17 Professional, Technical, Senior Business, Senior Professional and Administrative Support Unit. Hourly base wage rates for the following non-represented job titles shall correspond with the hourly base wage rates for 2025 of the identical represented job titles, as set forth in the “Agreement By and Between The City of Seattle and PROTEC17 Units: Professional, Technical, Senior Business, Senior Professional and Administrative Support,” which agreement is effective January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2026:
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Accounting Technician I |
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Accounting Technician II |
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Accounting Technician III |
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Accounting Technician Supervisor |
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Administrative Specialist I |
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Administrative Specialist II |
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Administrative Specialist III |
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Administrative Support Assistant |
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Administrative Support Supervisor |
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Public Relations Specialist |
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Public Relations Specialist, Senior |
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Safety & Health Specialist |
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Safety & Health Specialist, Senior |
Section 4. As requested by the Seattle Human Resources Director and recommended by the Mayor, effective December 31, 2025, base wage rates for 2026 for all non-represented job titles, except non-represented job titles at the Library and those job titles identified in Section 2 of this ordinance, shall be increased by 100 percent of the annual average growth rate of the bi-monthly Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period June 2023 through June 2024 to the period June 2024 through June 2025. However, this percentage increase shall not be less than 2 percent and shall not exceed 4 percent. After calculating new base wage rates using this formula, the base wage rates for 2026 shall have an additional 1 percent added, the total not to exceed 5 percent. Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Sections 1.04.020 and 1.04.070.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2024, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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President ____________ of the City Council
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Approved / |
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returned unsigned / |
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vetoed this _____ day of _________________, 2024. |
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk
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