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Record No: CB 121065    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 121065
Type: Council Bill (CB) Status: Full Council Agenda Ready
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Council
On agenda: 9/9/2025
Ordinance No:
Title: 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.
Sponsors: Sara Nelson
Attachments: 1. Att 1 - Agreement By and Between the City and Local 2898
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att 1 - Bill Draft of Agreement By and Between the City and Local 2898, 3. Central Staff Memo
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 1.0...

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