CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; establishing Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a legal holiday for certain City employees and a legal parking holiday; authorizing memoranda of understanding between the City and certain City unions to add Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Juneteenth as a paid holiday; amending Sections 3.06.015, 3.16.131, 3.102.010, 4.20.190, 11.14.277, and 14.12.030 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

WHEREAS, the City recognizes the significance of Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples’ Day in acknowledging the history of slavery and genocide in our country; and

WHEREAS, and certain City unions have agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding for wage increases and other working conditions, including Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples’ Day, as authorized by Ordinance 126516; and

WHEREAS, the City has bargained and entered into agreements with additional unions to establish Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as paid employee holidays; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance 126505 established Juneteenth as paid holiday for non-represented City employees and a parking holiday for the general public, and the City seeks to do the same for Indigenous Peoples’ Day; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 4.20.190 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 126505, is amended as follows:

4.20.190 Holiday pay or time off

A. Employees, except uniformed police and fire personnel, shall be entitled to (( 11 )) 12 legal holidays and two personal holidays each calendar year, or days off in lieu thereof occurring Monday to Friday inclusive, without salary deduction. Temporary workers who qualify for fringe benefits in lieu of premium pay pursuant to subsection 4.20.055.C shall likewise be entitled under the same terms and conditions as regular employees to legal holidays that occur during periods when they are so qualified, or days off in lieu thereof without salary deduction, and for two personal holidays each calendar year or four such personal holidays if qualified pursuant to subsection 4.20.190.B. The provisions of this Section 4.20.190 shall not apply to any employee whose compensation is set by a collective bargaining agreement unless the labor organization representing such employee agrees that the provisions apply. The Seattle Human Resources Director is authorized to promulgate rules providing alternative holiday pay or time off for employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements whose work schedules are other than five eight-hour days in a payroll workweek.

B. Employees who are not represented by labor organizations pursuant to chapter 41.56 RCW and who have completed 18,720 hours or more on regular pay status on or before December 31, of the previous year shall be entitled to two additional personal holidays in each subsequent calendar year.

C. The legal holidays are as follows:

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Section 2. As requested by the Seattle Human Resources Director and recommended by the Mayor, the Mayor is authorized on behalf of The City of Seattle (City) to execute the attached memoranda of understanding between the City and the following unions establishing Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as paid holidays for covered union members, as identified in the table below:

Section 3. Section 11.14.277 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 126505, is amended as follows:

11.14.277 Legal parking holidays

Except where otherwise indicated by signposting in the area or for individual parking spaces, the following are parking holidays: Sunday; the first day of January, New Year's Day; the third Monday of January, the anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.; the third Monday of February, Presidents' Day; the last Monday of May, Memorial Day; the nineteenth day of June, Juneteenth; the fourth day of July, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence; the first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday in October, Indigenous Peoples’ Day; the eleventh day of November, Veterans Day; the fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving Day; and the twenty-fifth day of December, Christmas Day.

Whenever any parking holiday, other than Sunday, falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a parking holiday.

Rates for large Seattle Center events, defined in Section 11.14.276, shall apply regardless of whether the day is a parking holiday.

Section 4. Section 3.06.015 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 124919, is amended as follows:

3.06.015 Hours of operation

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B. In weeks containing one or more days designated as holidays by RCW 1.16.050 or Section 4.20.190 , the Applicant Services Center of the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections shall be closed on those days, but shall be open a total of at least 35 hours less the number of hours it would normally be open on the weekdays on which holidays fall in that week.

Section 5. Section 3.16.131 of the Seattle Municipal Code, enacted by Ordinance 126522, is amended as follows:

3.16.131 Fire Marshal’s Office business hours

The Fire Prevention Division, also known as the Fire Marshal’s Office, shall open for transaction of business from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. of each day from Monday through Friday, except on days designated as holidays by RCW 1.16.050 or Section 4.20.190 or during periods when an emergency order provides other direction for public counters. Business may be transacted by phone, email, online services, field inspections when pre-scheduled, or in person at the walk-in service counter.

Section 6. Section 3.102.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 126522, is amended as follows:

3.102.010 Designated

Except as permitted by Section 3.06.015 for the Applicant Services Center of the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections and Section 3.16.131 for the Fire Marshal’s Office of the Seattle Fire Department, all city offices shall open for transaction of business from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. of each day from Monday through Friday, except on days designated as holidays by RCW 1.16.050 or Section 4.20.190 .

Section 7. Section 14.12.030 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 110640, is amended as follows:

14.12.030 Definitions

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"Working day(s)" means from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. of each day from Monday through Friday, except days designated as legal holidays by RCW 1.16.050 or Section 4.20.190 , Fridays immediately preceding any such legal holiday falling on a Saturday, and Mondays immediately following any legal holiday falling on a Sunday.

Section 8. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.

Section 9. 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 the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2022, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2022.

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President ____________ of the City Council

Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this _____ day of _________________, 2022.

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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor

Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2022.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)