CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to appropriations for the Seattle Police Department; amending Ordinance 126000, which adopted the 2020 Budget; and lifting provisos.
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WHEREAS, in Ordinance 126148 the City Council placed several provisos on the Seattle Police Department's 2020 budget; and
WHEREAS, in Ordinance 126000 the City Council placed several provisos on the Seattle Police Department's 2020 budget; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) needs these funds to pay for obligations in 2020;?and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Police Department experienced increased attrition in the month of September and has experienced increased expenditures related to separation pay; and
WHEREAS, the City has received a demand to bargain out-of-order layoffs with represented employees; and
WHEREAS, bargaining must take place before layoff notices are issued; and
WHEREAS, a contract has been executed with an indigenous-led organization, the Seattle Indian Health Board, to work with the Seattle Police Department; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Police Department is in the process of hiring a Strategic Advisor 2 to work with data systems that record interactions with Indigenous people; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Police Department hired all Community Service Officers that had completed backgrounding before the COVID-19 pandemic required the department to reallocate personnel to emergency response; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now wishes to lift the provisos on the SPD 2020 Budget; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The restrictions imposed by the following budget provisos, which limit spending on the following items, are removed because the conditions set forth in the provisos have been satisfied and they are no longer restrictions for any purpose:
Item
Department
Ordinance
or CBA
Proviso
Budget Control Level
1.1
Seattle Police Department
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