CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Fire Chiefs’ Association, IAFF, Local 2898, effective from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2026; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle (“City”) and the Seattle Fire Chiefs’ Association, IAFF, Local 2898 expired on December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, employees represented by the Seattle Fire Chiefs’ Association, IAFF, Local 2898 continued to work on condition that their wages, hours, benefits, and other conditions of employment continue to be negotiated; and
WHEREAS, collective bargaining has led to an agreement between the City and the Seattle Fire Chiefs’ Association, IAFF, Local 2898; and
WHEREAS, separate, future legislation, as required, will be forwarded by the City Budget Office to provide department budget appropriation authority to cover compensation items authorized in the attached collective bargaining agreement; 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 collective bargaining agreement between the City and the Seattle Fire Chiefs’ Association, IAFF, Local 2898, effective from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2026, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment 1 and identified as “Agreement By and Between The City of Seattle and Seattle Fire Chiefs’ Association, IAFF, Local 2898.”
Section 2. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 3. 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 _________________________, 2025, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this ________ day of _________________________, 2025.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this ____day of _______________, 2025.
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2025.
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Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Agreement By and Between The City of Seattle and Seattle Fire Chiefs’ Association, IAFF, Local 2898