Record No: CB 120801    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 120801
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 6/25/2024
Ordinance No: Ord 127047
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of collective bargaining agreements between The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Sponsors: Sara Nelson
Attachments: 1. Att 1 – Local 77 Agreement, 2. Att 2 - Local 77 Power Marketers Agreement, 3. Att 3 - Local 77 Material Controllers & Apprenticeship Coordinators Agreement
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att 1 – Bill Draft Local 77 Agreement, 3. Summary Att 2 - Bill Draft Local 77 Power Marketers Agreement, 4. Summary Att 3 - Bill Draft Local 77 Material Controllers & Apprenticeship Coordinators Agreement

CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

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AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of collective bargaining agreements between The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

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WHEREAS, the collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and Seattle City Light and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 expired on January 22, 2021; and

WHEREAS, The City of Seattle and Seattle City Light and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 entered into a supplemental memorandum of understanding from January 23, 2021, through January 22, 2023; and

WHEREAS, employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 continued to work after January 22, 2023, on condition that their wages, hours, benefits, and other conditions of employment continue to be negotiated; and

WHEREAS, the collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and Seattle City Light and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 Power Marketers Unit expired on December 31, 2020; and

WHEREAS, The City of Seattle and Seattle City Light and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 Power Marketers Unit entered into a supplemental memorandum of understanding from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2022; and

WHEREAS, employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 Power Marketers Unit continued to work after December 31, 2022, on condition that their wages, hours, benefits, and other conditions of employment continue to be negotiated; and

WHEREAS, the collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and Seattle City Light and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 Material Controllers Unit and the Apprenticeship Coordinators Unit expired on December 31, 2022; and

WHEREAS, employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 Material Controllers Unit and the Apprenticeship Coordinators Unit continued to work after December 31, 2022, on condition that their wages, hours, benefits, and other conditions of employment continue to be negotiated; and

WHEREAS, collective bargaining has led to agreements between The City of Seattle and Seattle City Light and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77; The City of Seattle and Seattle City Light and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 Power Marketers Unit; and The City of Seattle and Seattle City Light and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 Material Controllers Unit and the Apprenticeship Coordinators Unit; and

WHEREAS, separate, future legislation will be forwarded by the City Budget Office to provide department budget appropriation authority to cover compensation items authorized in the attached collective bargaining agreements; 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 of Seattle to execute a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77, effective January 23, 2023, through January 22, 2026, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment 1 and identified as “Agreement by and between The City of Seattle and the City Light Department and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77.”

Section 2. As requested by the Seattle Human Resources Director and recommended by the Mayor, the Mayor is authorized on behalf of The City of Seattle to execute a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 Power Marketers Unit, effective January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2025, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment 2 and identified as “Agreement By and Between The City of Seattle and The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 77 Power Marketers Unit.”

Section 3. As requested by the Seattle Human Resources Director and recommended by the Mayor, the Mayor is authorized on behalf of The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 Material Controllers Unit and Apprenticeship Coordinators Unit, effective January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2027, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment 3 and identified as “Agreement by and between The City of Seattle And Seattle City Light and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77 Material Controllers Unit and the Apprenticeship Coordinators Unit.”

Section 4. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.

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

 

Approved /

 

returned unsigned /

 

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

(Seal)

Attachments:

Attachment 1 - Agreement by and between The City of Seattle and the City Light Department

and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77

 

Attachment 2 - Agreement By and Between The City of Seattle and The International

Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 77 Power Marketers Unit

 

Attachment 3 - Agreement by and between The City of Seattle and Seattle City Light and the

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77 Material Controllers Unit and the

Apprenticeship Coordinators Unit