AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the Mayor to execute a memorandum of understanding between the City of Seattle and certain individual unions in the Coalition of City Unions, a memorandum of understanding between the City of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, and a memorandum of understanding between the City of Seattle and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 160, Local 289, all amending collective bargaining agreements expiring December 31, 2010.

WHEREAS, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Local 104; the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council #5; the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Lodge 160, Local 289; the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific; the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 17; the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 117; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 46; the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 32; the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 763; the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 286; the Seattle Police Dispatchers' Guild; the UNITE Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees, Local 8; the Public Service & Industrial Employees, Local 1239; the Washington State Council of County and City Employees, Local 21; the Joint Crafts Council; the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada, Local 15; the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local 66; the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters; and the Seattle Municipal Court Marshals' Guild, International Union of Police Associations, Local 600 formed a coalition, herein referred to as the "Coalition of City Unions" to collectively negotiate wages, health care, retirement and other conditions of employment with the City of Seattle; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance 122551 authorized the October 3, 2007 Tentative Agreement between the City and the Coalition of City Unions for the period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010; and

WHEREAS, the City of Seattle and those same unions came to an agreement on employee contribution rate increases to the City retirement system, and agreed that wages, employment benefits, and all other terms of those collective bargaining agreements expiring December 31, 2010 would extend an additional year through December 31, 2011; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. As requested by the Personnel Director and recommended by the Mayor, the Mayor is authorized on behalf of the City of Seattle to execute a memorandum of understanding between the City and certain individual unions belonging to the Coalition of City Unions, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment 1, and identified as "Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of Seattle and the Coalition of City Unions."

Section 2. As requested by the Personnel Director and recommended by the Mayor, the Mayor is authorized on behalf of the City of Seattle to execute a memorandum of understanding between the City and the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment 2, and identified as "Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters (Coalition of City Unions Member)."

Section 3. As requested by the Personnel Director and recommended by the Mayor, the Mayor is authorized on behalf of the City of Seattle to execute a memorandum of understanding between the City and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 160, Local 289, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment 3, and identified as "Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of Seattle and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 160, Local 289 (Coalition of City Unions Member)."

Section 4. 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 ________________________, 2009, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this

_____ day of ___________________, 2009.

_________________________________

President __________of the City Council

Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2009.

_________________________________

Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2009.

____________________________________

City Clerk

(Seal)

Attachment 1: Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of Seattle and the Coalition of City Unions

Attachment 2: Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters (Coalition of City Unions Member)

Attachment 3: Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of Seattle and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 160, Local 289 (Coalition of City Unions Member)

Mark McDermott/David Bracilano/sb

PERS Coalition 2011 Rollover ORD

October 13, 2009

Version #2

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

by and between

THE CITY OF SEATTLE

and the

COALITION OF CITY UNIONS

(Amending certain existing collective bargaining agreements

expiring December 31, 2010)

WHEREAS, certain unions representing employees at the City of Seattle have formed a coalition (herein referred to as the "Coalition of City Unions") to collectively negotiate wages, health care, retirement and other conditions of employment with the City of Seattle (herein referred to as "the City;" together the City and the Coalition of City Unions shall be referred to as "the Parties"); and

WHEREAS, the Coalition of City Unions for the purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding shall include the following individual unions, provided that named unions are also signatory to this Memorandum of Understanding: the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Local 104; the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council #5; the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific; the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 17; the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 117; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 46; the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 32; the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 763; the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 286; the UNITE Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees, Local 8; the Public Service & Industrial Employees, Local 1239; the Washington State Council of County and City Employees, Local 21; the Joint Crafts Council; the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada, Local 15; the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local 66; and the Seattle Municipal Court Marshals' Guild, International Union of Police Associations, Local 600; and the Seattle Police Dispatchers' Guild; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance 122551 authorized the October 3, 2007 Tentative Agreement between the Parties, and certain additional ordinances authorized collective bargaining agreements consistent with the Tentative Agreement between the Parties for the period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010; and

WHEREAS, Seattle Municipal Code 4.36, as amended by ordinance, provides for the administration and funding of the Seattle City Employees' Retirement System; and

WHEREAS, the Parties have voluntarily entered into negotiations on wages, health care, retirement and other conditions of employment and have come to the following agreement:

1) Existing collective bargaining agreements between the parties shall be amended so that the term of the agreement covers the time period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011;

2) All wages, hours, and working conditions shall continue as expressed in the labor agreements between the Parties, with the exception of the following items:

A) Effective January 5, 2011, the wages of all job titles represented by the Coalition of City Unions signatory to this Memorandum of Understanding shall be increased by 100% of the annual average growth rate of the bimonthly Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period August 2008 through June 2009 to the period August 2009 through June 2010, provided however, said percentage increase shall not be less than two percent (2%) nor shall it exceed seven percent (7%).

B) The parties agree that the Seattle Municipal Code regarding the funding of the Seattle City Employees' Retirement System (hereinafter, "System") shall be amended consistent with the following language:

If a year-end actuarial study commissioned by the System finds that the amortization period for the System's unfunded actuarial liability exceeds thirty (30) years, based on the current contribution rate of 8.03% to the System that the City and employee(s) each pay, and the City determines that an increase in contribution rates to the System is necessary, the City and employees shall equally increase contribution rates. Such increases shall not result in employees paying greater than a 10.03% contribution rate.

The required contribution rate increases, if necessary, shall take effect no sooner than the beginning of the first pay period of the year following completion of the actuarial study. For example, if the actuarial study for the System as of December 31, 2008 was presented to the Retirement Board in June 2009, and if that study showed an amortization period for the unfunded liability in excess of thirty (30) years that the City determined required a total increase in contributions of one percent (1%) to meet the System's unfunded liability threshold, the City's contribution rate would increase by one-half of one percent (.5%) resulting in an 8.53% City contribution rate and the employee contribution rate would increase by one-half of one percent (.5%) resulting in an 8.53% employee contribution rate as soon as the beginning of the first pay period of 2010.

C) All conditions of employment specific to calendar year 2010 as provided in existing labor agreements shall be extended through calendar year 2011. All provisions pertinent to and referencing a three year contract shall extend to a four year contract expiring December 31, 2011.

D) Unions shall vote a Voluntary Employee Benefits Association (VEBA) benefit among their membership consistent with the VEBA language in their existing contracts to determine union members' participation in a VEBA for calendar year 2011.

SIGNED this _______ day of ______________ 2009.

Executed under the Authority

of Ordinance No. _________

FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE

________________________ ___________________________

Gregory J. Nickels, Mark M. McDermott

Mayor Personnel Director

________________________ ___________________________

David Bracilano, Edsonya Charles,

Labor Relations Director Presiding Judge

Seattle Municipal Court

SIGNATORY UNIONS

_________________________________

Steve Bloom, Business Representative

I.U. Painters and Allied Trades,

District Council #5

__________________________________

Dean Calhoun, Business Representative

Boilermakers Union, Local 104

__________________________________

Dennis Conklin, Regional Director

Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific

__________________________________

Bill Dennis, Staff Representative

W.S.C.C.C.E., Locals 21 and 21P

__________________________________

Tara Heinecke, Business Representative

I.A.T.S.E., Local 15

_____________________________

Patti Kieval, Union Representative

I.F.P.T.E., Local 17

IT, PTA

__________________________________

Janet Lewis, Business Representative

I.B.E.W., Local 46

__________________________________

Rodney Mesa, Business Representative

I.U. Operating Engineers, Local 286

__________________________________

John L. Masterjohn, Business Manager

P.S.I.E., Local 1239 and Local 1239 Security Officers (JCC); Local 1239 Recreation Unit

__________________________________

Christopher Hamlin, President

Seattle Municipal Court Marshals' Guild

I.U.P.A., Local 600

__________________________________

Diana Douglas, Union Representative

I.F.P.T.E., Local 17

PTA

__________________________________

Ethan Fineout, Staff Representative

W.S.C.C.C.E., Local 21Z

__________________________________

Marty Fox, Business Representative

Sheet Metal Workers, Local 66

_________________________________

David A. Grage, Secretary-Treasurer

Teamsters, Local 763 (JCC) and Municipal Court

__________________________________

Rick Sawyer, Secretary, Treasurer

H.E.R.E., Local 8

__________________________________

Guadalupe Perez, Union Representative

I.F.P.T.E., Local 17

PTA

__________________________________

Adrienne Thompson, Union Representative

I.F.P.T.E., Local 17

PTA, Probation Counselors

__________________________________

Tracey A. Thompson, Secretary-Treasurer

Teamsters, Local 117 JCC Unit, Admissions Unit, Community Service Officers & Evidence Warehousers

________________________________

Marty Yellam, Business Representative

U.A. Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local 32

________________________________

Scott Best, President

Seattle Police Dispatchers' Guild

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

by and between

THE CITY OF SEATTLE

and the

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS

(COALITION OF CITY UNIONS MEMBER)

(Amending certain existing collective bargaining agreements

expiring December 31, 2010)

WHEREAS, certain unions representing employees at the City of Seattle have formed a coalition (herein referred to as the "Coalition of City Unions") to collectively negotiate wages, health care, retirement and other conditions of employment with the City of Seattle (herein referred to as "the City;" together the City and the Coalition of City Unions shall be referred to as "the Parties"); and

WHEREAS, the Coalition of City Unions for the purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding shall include The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance 122551 authorized the October 3, 2007 Tentative Agreement between the Parties, and certain additional ordinances authorized collective bargaining agreements consistent with the Tentative Agreement between the Parties for the period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010; and

WHEREAS, Seattle Municipal Code 4.36, as amended by ordinance, provides for the administration and funding of the Seattle City Employees' Retirement System; and

WHEREAS, the Parties have voluntarily entered into negotiations on wages, health care, retirement and other conditions of employment and have come to the following agreement:

1) Existing collective bargaining agreements between the parties shall be amended so that the term of the agreement covers the time period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011;

2) All wages, hours, and working conditions shall continue as expressed in the labor agreements between the Parties, with the exception of the following items:

A) Effective January 5, 2011, the wages of all job titles represented by the Coalition of City Unions signatory to this Memorandum of Understanding shall be increased by 100% of the annual average growth rate of the bimonthly Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period August 2008 through June 2009 to the period August 2009 through June 2010, provided however, said percentage increase shall not be less than two percent (2%) nor shall it exceed seven percent (7%).

B) The parties agree that the Seattle Municipal Code regarding the funding of the Seattle City Employees' Retirement System (hereinafter, "System") shall be amended consistent with the following language:

If a year-end actuarial study commissioned by the System finds that the amortization period for the System's unfunded actuarial liability exceeds thirty (30) years, based on the current contribution rate of 8.03% to the System that the City and employee(s) each pay, and the City determines that an increase in contribution rates to the System is necessary, the City and employees shall equally increase contribution rates. Such increases shall not result in employees paying greater than a 10.03% contribution rate.

The required contribution rate increases, if necessary, shall take effect no sooner than the beginning of the first pay period of the year following completion of the actuarial study. For example, if the actuarial study for the System as of December 31, 2008 was presented to the Retirement Board in June 2009, and if that study showed an amortization period for the unfunded liability in excess of thirty (30) years that the City determined required a total increase in contributions of one percent (1%) to meet the System's unfunded liability threshold, the City's contribution rate would increase by one-half of one percent (.5%) resulting in an 8.53% City contribution rate and the employee contribution rate would increase by one-half of one percent (.5%) resulting in an 8.53% employee contribution rate as soon as the beginning of the first pay period of 2010.

C) All conditions of employment specific to calendar year 2010 as provided in existing labor agreements shall be extended through calendar year 2011. All provisions pertinent to and referencing a three year contract shall extend to a four year contract expiring December 31, 2011.

D) Unions shall vote a Voluntary Employee Benefits Association (VEBA) benefit among their membership consistent with the VEBA language in their existing contracts to determine union members' participation in a VEBA for calendar year 2011.

SIGNED this _______ day of ____________________, 2009.

Executed under the Authority

of Ordinance No. _________

FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR THE UNION

________________________ ________________________________

Gregory J. Nickels, Ed Triezenberg

Mayor The Pacific Northwest Regional Council Carpenters

________________________

David Bracilano,

Labor Relations Director

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

by and between

THE CITY OF SEATTLE

and the

THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, DISTRICT LODGE 160, LOCAL 289

(COALITION OF CITY UNIONS MEMBER)

(Amending certain existing collective bargaining agreements

expiring December 31, 2010)

WHEREAS, certain unions representing employees at the City of Seattle have formed a coalition (herein referred to as the "Coalition of City Unions") to collectively negotiate wages, health care, retirement and other conditions of employment with the City of Seattle (herein referred to as "the City;" together the City and the Coalition of City Unions shall be referred to as "the Parties"); and

WHEREAS, the Coalition of City Unions for the purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding shall include the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 160, Local 289; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance 122551 authorized the October 3, 2007 Tentative Agreement between the Parties, and certain additional ordinances authorized collective bargaining agreements consistent with the Tentative Agreement between the Parties for the period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010; and

WHEREAS, Seattle Municipal Code 4.36, as amended by ordinance, provides for the administration and funding of the Seattle City Employees' Retirement System; and

WHEREAS, the Parties have voluntarily entered into negotiations on wages, health care, retirement and other conditions of employment and have come to the following agreement:

1) Existing collective bargaining agreements between the parties shall be amended so that the term of the agreement covers the time period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011;

2) All wages, hours, and working conditions shall continue as expressed in the labor agreements between the Parties, with the exception of the following items:

A) Effective January 5, 2011, the wages of all job titles represented by the Coalition of City Unions signatory to this Memorandum of Understanding shall be increased by 100% of the annual average growth rate of the bimonthly Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Area Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the period August 2008 through June 2009 to the period August 2009 through June 2010, provided however, said percentage increase shall not be less than two percent (2%) nor shall it exceed seven percent (7%).

B) The parties agree that the Seattle Municipal Code regarding the funding of the Seattle City Employees' Retirement System (hereinafter, "System") shall be amended consistent with the following language:

If a year-end actuarial study commissioned by the System finds that the amortization period for the System's unfunded actuarial liability exceeds thirty (30) years, based on the current contribution rate of 8.03% to the System that the City and employee(s) each pay, and the City determines that an increase in contribution rates to the System is necessary, the City and employees shall equally increase contribution rates. Such increases shall not result in employees paying greater than a 10.03% contribution rate.

The required contribution rate increases, if necessary, shall take effect no sooner than the beginning of the first pay period of the year following completion of the actuarial study. For example, if the actuarial study for the System as of December 31, 2008 was presented to the Retirement Board in June 2009, and if that study showed an amortization period for the unfunded liability in excess of thirty (30) years that the City determined required a total increase in contributions of one percent (1%) to meet the System's unfunded liability threshold, the City's contribution rate would increase by one-half of one percent (.5%) resulting in an 8.53% City contribution rate and the employee contribution rate would increase by one-half of one percent (.5%) resulting in an 8.53% employee contribution rate as soon as the beginning of the first pay period of 2010.

C) All conditions of employment specific to calendar year 2010 as provided in existing labor agreements shall be extended through calendar year 2011. All provisions pertinent to and referencing a three year contract shall extend to a four year contract expiring December 31, 2011.

D) Unions shall vote a Voluntary Employee Benefits Association (VEBA) benefit among their membership consistent with the VEBA language in their existing contracts to determine union members' participation in a VEBA for calendar year 2011.

SIGNED this _______ day of ____________________, 2009.

Executed under the Authority

of Ordinance No. _________

FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR THE UNION

_____________________________ _________________________

Gregory J Nickels Donald Hursey

Mayor Directing Business Representative

_________________________

David Bracilano Melody Coffman

Director of Labor Relations Business Agent