CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of two memoranda of understanding between The City of Seattle and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77 to be effective January 23, 2017, through January 22, 2021; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, collective bargaining agreements between The City of Seattle (“City”) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77 City Light and Seattle Department of Transportation units expired on January 22, 2017; and
WHEREAS, employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77 City Light and Seattle Department of Transportation units continued to work after January 22, 2017, on condition that the subject of their wages continued to be negotiated during collective bargaining; and
WHEREAS, collective bargaining has led to tentative agreements (memoranda of understanding) concerning wages, benefits, and other conditions of employment between the City and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77; NOW, THEREFORE,
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, the Mayor is authorized on behalf of The City to execute a memorandum of understanding with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77 City Light unit, effective January 23, 2017 through January 22, 2021, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment 1 and identified as “Memorandum of Understanding By and Between City of Seattle and the City Light Department and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77,” after union membership has ratified the agreement.
Section 2. As requested by the Seattle Human Resources Director and recommended by the Mayor, the Mayor is authorized on behalf of The City to execute a collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77 Seattle Department of Transportation unit, effective January 23, 2017, through January 22, 2021, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment 2 and identified as “Memorandum of Understanding By and Between City of Seattle and the Department of Transportation and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77,” after union membership has ratified the agreement.
Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2017, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2017.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2017.
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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2017.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1: Memorandum of Understanding By and Between City of Seattle and the City Light Department and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77
Attachment 2: Memorandum of Understanding By and Between City of Seattle and the Department of Transportation and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77