Resolution 1478RESOLUTION NO. 1478
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, TO CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY SICK LEAVE
BENEFITS OF THE CITY'S FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
ACT POLICY THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2021.
WHEREAS, the City enacted its Families First Coronavirus Response Act Policy (hereinafter
"Policy") on April 2, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, upon which the Policy is
based, expired by its terms on December 31, 2020; and
WHEREAS, on January 5, 2021, the City Council approved Resolution 1466, which extended
the Emergency Sick Leave benefits provided under the Policy through June 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS, due to the continuing rise in cases related to the Coronavirus' Delta variant, and the
need to continue to have employees quarantine as a public health measure, the City Council has
determined that it is in the public interest to continue to provide City employees with the
Emergency Sick Leave benefits provided by the Policy for an additional nine months, retroactive
to July 1, 2021, unless the federal government enacts new legislation providing for such benefits
before that date; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, HEREBY
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section l . The Emergency Sick Leave provisions of the City's Families First Coronavirus
Response Act Policy, enacted on April 2, 2020, will continue in effect through March 31, 2022,
unless the federal government enacts new legislation providing for such benefits before that date.
The remainder of the Policy expired by its terms on December 31, 2020.
Section 2. The references to "December 31, 2020" in the "Carryover; Termination of
Benefit" section of the Emergency Sick Leave provisions of the Policy, which were previously
extended to June 30, 2021, are hereby revised to read "March 31, 2022." In the event the federal
government enacts new legislation providing for emergency sick leave benefits such as those
provided for in the Policy, the remainder of the Policy will terminate as of the effective date of
the federal legislation. If no such new legislation is enacted on or before March 31, 2022, the
Emergency Sick Leave provisions of the Policy shall expire on that date.
RESOLVED this P day of August 2021.
CITY OF EDMONDS
M OR, MIKE NELSON
ATTEST:
Cl LERK, SCOTT PA EY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: July 30, 2021
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: August 3, 2021
RESOLUTION NO. 1478