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 Police Officers' Guild for the period from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2023; authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers' Guild; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers' Guild expired on December 31, 2020; and
WHEREAS, employees represented by the Seattle Police Officers' Guild continued to work after December 31, 2020, on the condition that their wages, hours, benefits, and other conditions of employment continue to be negotiated; and
WHEREAS, collective bargaining has led to an agreement concerning wages, benefits, and other working conditions between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers' Guild; and
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers' Guild also came to an agreement on the use of non-sworn Seattle Police Department personnel to perform work in certain functions in order to augment resources within the Seattle Police Department and free up capacity among sworn officers to perform other functions, as memorialized in the attached Memorandum of Understanding; 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 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 of Seattle to execute a collective bargaining agreement with the Seattle Police Officers' Guild, effective Jan...
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