AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Seattle, City Light Department and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77, City Light Unit reducing the hours of the Lineworker Apprenticeship Program and adjusting associated salary steps and rates of pay; revising language of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.

WHEREAS, City Light Department identified reducing the number of hours of the Lineworker Apprenticeship Program to the State minimum hour requirement as a way to satisfy the business need of filling journey level Lineworker vacancies; and

WHEREAS, the City of Seattle, City Light Department and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77 entered into a Letter of Agreement accomplishing the new lower hour requirement and changes in the current Collective Bargaining Agreement; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Authorizing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Seattle, City Light Department and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77. As requested by the Personnel Director and recommended by the Mayor, the Mayor or his designee, is hereby authorized for and on behalf of the City of Seattle to sign and/or execute the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Seattle, City Light Department and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77, substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment 1, and identified as "Memorandum of Understanding By and Between City of Seattle, City Light Department and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77."

Section 2. Adjusting salary steps and rates of pay of the Lineworker Apprentice classification per the Memorandum of Understanding By and Between City of Seattle, City Light Department and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77, as identified in Attachment 1.

Section 3. Changing language in the Collective Bargaining Agreement per the Memorandum of Understanding By and Between City of Seattle, City Light Department and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77, as identified in Attachment 1.

Section 4. Any act consistent with the authority and prior to the effective date of this ordinance is hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten (10) days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.

Passed by the City Council the ____ day of _________, 2007, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of __________, 2007. _________________________________ President __________of the City Council

Approved by me this ____ day of _________, 2007. _________________________________ Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of _________, 2007. ____________________________________ City Clerk

Attachment 1: Memorandum of Understanding By and Between City of Seattle, City Light Department and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77

October 9, 2007 Version #1a

ATTACHMENT 1:

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING By and Between City of Seattle, City Light Department

And

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77 Change in Lineworker Apprentice Hours

1. Seattle City Light Department and IBEW, Local 77, City Light Unit, shall reduce the Lineworker Apprentice hours from a 8,000 hour program to a 6,000 hour program effective August 14, 2007, the date the Letter of Agreement between City of Seattle and IBEW, Local 77, City Light Unit was signed. In order to accomplish this, the items below shall be agreed upon.

2. The "Meter Electrician Apprentice" classification listed in Schedule "A" of the current collective bargaining agreement shall be the model for the Lineworker Apprentice classification.

Meter Electrician Apprentice Salary Schedule "A" in Relation to 100% Rate

Step 1 67% of 106%

Step 2 73% of 106%

Step 3 77% of 106%

Step 4 83% of 106%

Step 5 89% of 106%

Step 6 95% of 106%

3. The Lineworker Apprentice Salary Schedule "A" shall be changed to:

Step 1 67% of 106%

Step 2 71% 73% of 106%

Step 3 77% of 106%

Step 4 79% 83% of 106%

Step 5 83% of 106%

Step 6 5 87% 89% of 106%

Step 7 91% of 106%

Step 8 6 95% of 106%

4. The salaries of the current Lineworker Apprentice incumbents who are affected by the changes in item #3 shall be adjusted accordingly.

5. The language in Article 14.5 a (1) in the collective bargaining agreement which reads "Lineworker Apprentices (Period 3 through 6) where practical, should be rotated from crew to crew approximately every three (3) months or more often; those in Period 7 and 8, where practical, approximately every six (6) months or more often," shall be changed to:

"Lineworker Apprentices (Period Steps 3 1 through 64) where practical, should be rotated from crew to crew approximately every three (3) months or more often; those in Period 7 and 8 Steps 5 and 6, where practical, approximately every six (6) months or more often."

6. The language in Article 30, Section 30.7 of the collective bargaining agreement which reads "The basic Line Crew shall consist of the following:

1 Crew Chief

1 Lineworker

2 Any combination of Lineworker, Material Supplier, or Lineworker Apprentice. However, there will be no more than one (1) 1st through 6th period Lineworker Apprentice on any four (4) member crew,"

shall be changed to:

1 Crew Chief

1 Lineworker

2 Any combination of Lineworker, Material Supplier, or Lineworker Apprentice. However, there will be no more than one (1) 1st through 6th period Steps 1 through 4 Lineworker Apprentice on any four (4) member crew,"

The parties agree to the above understanding by their signatures affixed hereto.

For the Union: For the City of Seattle: ____________________________ ________________________ Joe Simpson Gregory J. Nickels, Business Representative Mayor Date: _____________________ Date: ___________________

For Seattle City Light: For the City of Seattle __________________________ ________________________ Berle Hardie, Steven Jewell, Labor Relations Coordinator Labor Negotiator Date: _____________________ Date: _____________________