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 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 to be effective January 23, 2021 to January 22, 2023; amending Ordinance 126237, which adopted the 2021 Budget, by increasing appropriations to Seattle City Light for 2021 payments therefor; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
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WHEREAS, a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle (City) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 expired on January 22, 2021; and
WHEREAS, employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77 continued to work after January 22, 2021, on condition that the subject of their wages continued to be negotiated during collective bargaining; and
WHEREAS, collective bargaining has led to an agreement concerning wages, benefits, and other conditions of employment between the City and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77; 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 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77, effective January 23, 2021 through January 22, 2023, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment 1 and identified as “Memorandum of Understanding By and Between City of Seattle and the Seattle City Light Department And the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77.”
Section 2. In order to pay for necessary costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred in 2021, but for which insufficient appropriations were made due to causes that could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of the making of the 2021 Budget, appropriations for the following items in the 2021 Budget are increased from the funds shown, as follows:
Item |
Department |
Fund |
Budget Summary Level/BCL Code |
Amount |
2.1 |
Seattle City Light |
Light Fund (41000) |
Transmission and Distribution O&M (BO-CL-T) |
$6,385,138 |
2.2 |
Seattle City Light |
Light Fund (41000) |
Generation Operations and Engineering O&M (BO-CL-G) |
$751,193 |
2.3 |
Seattle City Light |
Light Fund (41000) |
Power System Operations and Asset Management O&M (BO-CL-E) |
$375,596 |
Total |
$7,511,927 |
Funding in future years will be appropriated through the annual budget process.
Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by a 3/4 vote of all the members of the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2021, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2021.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this ________ day of _________________, 2021.
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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2021.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Memorandum of Understanding By and Between City of Seattle and the Seattle City Light Department And the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77