CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding for flexibility to respond to the civil emergency declared on March 3, 2020; providing certain benefits and conditions for employees using leave pursuant to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act; temporarily suspending vacation accrual maximums of Seattle Municipal Code 4.34.020; providing for maintenance of medical benefits for unpaid leave; temporarily suspending scheduling change notices to employees required by Seattle Municipal Code 4.20.365; declaring an emergency; and establishing an immediate effective date; all by a 3/4 vote of the Seattle City Council.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle ("City") and certain unions entered into bargaining and came to a tentative agreement on a memorandum of understanding to achieve flexibility and other supports for the City workforce to respond to the civil emergency declared on March 3, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to extend these same benefits to non-represented employees and legislation is required to do so; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council finds and declares that:
A. On February 29, 2020, Governor Inslee proclaimed a State of Emergency for all counties throughout the State of Washington as a result of the confirmed person-to-person spread of COVID-19 in Washington State.
B. The COVID-19 disease, caused by a virus that spreads easily from person to person and which may cause serious injury and death, has spread throughout Seattle and King County.
C. On March 3, 2020, Mayor Durkan issued a Proclamation of Civil Emergency declaring a civil emergency within Seattle based on the confirmed spread of COVID-19 in King County and resulting deaths.
D. In recognition of the danger that hospitals may become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients unless the ...
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