SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 31817

• Record No: Res 31817
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 6/4/2018
• Title: A RESOLUTION superseding and replacing the language in Statement of Legislative Intent, 281-1-B-2, adopted in Resolution 31795.
• Sponsors: Mike O'Brien
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Proposed Substitute (added; 6/4/18), 3. Signed Resolution 31817, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/13/2018	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
6/13/2018	2	Mayor	returned
6/13/2018	2	Mayor	Signed
6/8/2018	2	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
6/4/2018	1	City Council	referred
6/4/2018	1	City Council	adopted as amended	Pass
4/11/2018	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
3/27/2018	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION superseding and replacing the language in Statement of Legislative Intent, 281-1-B-2, adopted in Resolution 31795.
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WHEREAS, every year the City Council (Council) reviews and approves the City of Seattle's budget, including Statements of Legislative Intent (SLIs) which request the Executive to develop policies, strategies, programs, and information to assist future Council decisions; and
WHEREAS, every year the Council adopts these SLIs by resolution, and the 2018 SLIs were adopted by Resolution 31795; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the adoption of Resolution 31795, Councilmember O'Brien, who sponsored SLI 281-1-B-2, and the Executive met and clarified the information that would be needed to compare the wages of employees who work for non-profit human service providers and City employees at the Human Services Department who are required to have comparable experience and skills and perform comparable job duties; and
WHEREAS, the Executive has agreed that the amended scope of work, as outlined below can be done within existing resources; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:
Section 1. The Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI), 281-1-B-2, adopted in Resolution 31795 is superseded, and the scope of work and deliverables are adopted as follows:
Revised Statement of Legislative Intent 281-1-B-2:
This Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) requests the Human Services Department (HSD) to submit a report to the Chair of the Housing, Health, Energy, and Workers' Rights Committee and the Council Central Staff Director by August 1, 2018 on workforce equity that includes wages offered by non-profit human services providers and wages offered for comparable jobs in the City of Seattle's Human Services Department.

Non-profit human service providers have expressed concern that they cannot recruit or retain employees due to the wage...