SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 32112

• Record No: Res 32112
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 10/10/2023
• Title: A RESOLUTION affirming the City's good faith intent to consider raising in the collective bargaining process for the Seattle Police Management Association (SPMA) 2024 contract renewal police accountability proposals that have been identified by the public and the City's police oversight agencies.
• Sponsors: Lisa Herbold
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Signed Resolution 32112, 3. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/13/2023	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
10/10/2023	1	City Council	adopted	Pass
9/26/2023	1	Public Safety and Human Services Committee	adopt	Pass
9/19/2023	1	City Council	referred
9/14/2023	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
9/14/2023	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION affirming the City's good faith intent to consider raising in the collective bargaining process for the Seattle Police Management Association (SPMA) 2024 contract renewal police accountability proposals that have been identified by the public and the City's police oversight agencies.
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WHEREAS, the mission of the Seattle Police Department is to prevent crime, enforce the law, and support quality public safety by delivering respectful, professional, and dependable police services; and
WHEREAS, public confidence in the fairness and integrity of the Seattle Police Department and its policing practices is a necessary component of effective policing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the sacrifices and contributions of Seattle Police Management Association (SPMA) members, who strive to ensure the City achieves its public safety goals while being strong partners in ongoing efforts to implement lasting policing reforms and accountability structures, critical to ensuring the security of Seattle communities but especially those that have been disproportionately impacted by unconstitutional policing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the right of SPMA and all public employee unions to collectively bargain for wages, hours, and working conditions in the best interest of their members; and
WHEREAS, the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between The City of Seattle and the SPMA will expire on December 31, 2023 and the parties will begin negotiating a new contract as soon as December 15, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City respects the collective bargaining process and will negotiate and bargain a new CBA in good faith with the SPMA and respect the confidentiality of the process as required by Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) subsection 4.04.120.E; and
WHEREAS, SMC subsection 4.04.120.F requires the Council's Labor Policy and Public Safety, Human Services and Education committees or the successor committ...