CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment commonly referred to as the Fourth Quarter 2013 Employment Ordinance; establishing new titles and/or salaries; designating positions as exempt from Civil Service status; amending Seattle Municipal Code 4.13.010; amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 4.04.230 F, 4.04.240, 4.04.260; and ratifying and confirming prior acts; and all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Establishing New Titles and/or Salaries . As recommended by the

Personnel Director, the following title and salary rates are established as displayed

below, effective as of the date shown and pay is authorized as of the effective date:

Section 2. Designating Nine Positions as Exempt from Civil Service Status . As recommended by the Personnel Director in the Classification Determination specified, these positions are designated as exempt from Civil Service as noted below, pursuant to SMC 4.13.010(1):

- 1 position (#10002642) in the Seattle Public Utilities Department; IT Professional B,

designated to IT Professional A, Exempt (Report #13-13320).

- 1 position (#00024208) in the Seattle Public Utilities Department: Labor Relations Coordinator, designated to Strategic Advisor 2, Exempt (Report #1313518).

- 1 position (#00025085) in the Seattle Police Department; IT Professional B

designated to IT Professional A, Exempt (Report #1313438).

- 1 position (#10003654) in the Seattle Police Department; IT Professional B

designated to IT Professional A, Exempt (Report #1313562).

- 1 position (#00025944) in the Seattle Retirement System; Retirement Specialist

Assistant designated to Strategic Advisor 2, Exempt (Report #13-13440).

- 1 position (#00020183) in the Seattle Retirement System; Accounting Technician I designated to Executive 3 (Report #13-13688).

- 1 position (#00025615) in the Department of Finance and Administrative Services;

IT Professional B designated to IT Professional A, Exempt (Report #13-13495).

- 1 position (#00014104) in the Seattle City Light Department; Manager 3,

Engineering & Plans Review designated to Executive 2 (Report #13-13546).

- 1 position (#00009831) in the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department: Manager 3, CSPI&P, designated to Manager 3, Exempt (Report #13-13672).

Section 3. Amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.13.010. Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.13.010, last amended by Ordinance 124319, is amended as follows:

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Employment Unit Titles of Exempt Positions

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Section 4. Seattle Municipal Code Subsection 4.04.230 F, last amended by Ordinance 121234, is amended as follows:

4.04.230 Progressive Discipline

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F. An appointing authority who takes a disciplinary action that is subject to appeal to the Civil Service Commission shall inform the employee in writing that (( : 1. He )) he or she has the right to file a grievance, followed by an appeal to the Civil Service Commission , in accordance with subsections 4.04.240 D and 4.04.260 B.(( ; ))

(( 2. To appeal, the employee must file a statement with the Civil Service Commission within twenty (20) calendar days; and

3. The twenty (20) calendar days begin to run on the date of delivery if the notice of the right to appeal is given to the employee personally or delivered to his or her most recent address shown on departmental records; and on the third calendar day after the date of mailing if the notice is mailed. ))

Section 5. Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.04.240, last amended by Ordinance 120936, is amended as follows:

4.04.240 Employee Grievance Procedure.

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D. The head of the department shall inform the employee, in writing, of the outcome of the grievance. Such communication shall include notice of the employee's right to appeal to the Civil Service Commission within 20 days in accordance with section 4.04.260.

Section 6. Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.04.260, last amended by Ordinance 114267, is amended as follows:

4.04.260 Appeals to Civil Service Commission.

A. A regular employee who is aggrieved thereby may appeal to the Civil Service Commission his/her demotion, suspension, termination of employment, or violation of this chapter or rules passed pursuant thereto , (( ; ) provided that the employee first exhausts (( his/her )) the intradepartmental grievance remedies under section 4.04.240 and the Personnel Rules.

B. An appeal must meet the following requirements:

(( shall be in the form of a concise statement of the reason for appeal. ))

1. The employee must provide a concise statement of the reason for appeal. (( An appeal from an action other than a disciplinary action must be filed with the Commission within twenty (20) days of the action appealed from. ))

2. (( An )) The employee must file the appeal with the Civil Service Commission (( from a disciplinary action must be filed )) within (( twenty (20) )) 20 days of the appointing authority's final written response to the employee's grievance under subsection 4.04.240 D . (( giving to the employee notice of the action and the information that he or she has a right to appeal the Civil Service Commission and twenty (20) days for filing an appeal. ))

3. The (( twenty(20) )) 20 day limit for filing appeals begins to run on the date of delivery of the notice provided by subsection 4.04.240 D . "Date of delivery" means the date the notice is personally delivered to the employee or the third day after the date of mailing if the notice is mailed to the address shown on departmental records as the employee's most recent residence address or as the address supplied by the employee for receiving notices.

Section 7. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 8. 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 2/3 vote of all the members of the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2014, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this

_____ day of ___________________, 2014.

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President __________of the City Council

Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2014.

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Edward B. Murray, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2014.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

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