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Ordinance 4246ORDINANCE NO. 4246 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING ALLOCATION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING COVID PREMIUM PAY TO ELIGIBLE CITY EMPLOYEES AND AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL VACATION DAYS FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES. WHEREAS, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) disease is caused by a virus that spreads easily from person to person and may result in serious illness or death, and is classified by the World Health Organization as a worldwide pandemic; and WHEREAS, COVID-19 has broadly spread throughout Washington State and remains a significant health risk to the community, especially members of our most vulnerable populations; and WHEREAS, on February 29, 2020, Washington Governor Jay Inslee issued proclamation 20-05, proclaiming a state of emergency throughout the state of Washington in response to new cases of COVID-19, and directing state agencies to use all resources necessary to prepare for and respond to the outbreak; and WHEREAS, on March 5, 2020, the Mayor of the City of Edmonds declared an emergency of the city due to the COVID-19 crisis; and WHEREAS, on March 23, 2020, Governor Inslee issued Proclamation 20-25, a "Stay Home — Stay Healthy" order closing non-essential workplaces, requiring people to stay home except to participate in essential activities or to provide essential business services, and banning all gatherings for social, spiritual, and recreational purposes. This order was extended multiple times. Under the "Stay Home — Stay Healthy" proclamation, certain City employees have been deemed "Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers" performing work to protect the community and ensure continuity of functions critical to public health and safety; and WHEREAS, on January 28, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that multiple COVID-19 variants are circulating globally. Scientists are working to learn more about these variants to better understand how easily they might be transmitted and the effectiveness of currently authorized vaccines against them; and WHEREAS, on March 8, 2021, the CDC stated that preliminary evidence suggests that the currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines may provide some protection against a variety of strains. The CDC further stated, however, that the risks of COVID-19 infection in fully vaccinated people cannot be completely eliminated as long as there is continued community transmission of the virus. Recent reports have shown that vaccinated people can still contract COVID-19 through "breakthrough infections," and may be able to spread it to others; and WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Health's COVID-19 vaccine timeline made some City employees eligible for vaccination starting on March 17, 2021 and all remaining City employees eligible starting on April 15, 2021. While many City employees may now be vaccinated, the risks of COVID-19 infection in fully vaccinated people cannot be completely eliminated as long as there is continued community transmission; and WHEREAS, since March 2020, the City has been responding to the pandemic by providing essential government services, and many City employees have been required to be on the front lines to ensure citizen access to these government services since the beginning of the pandemic despite facing the danger of workplace exposure to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, throughout the entirety of the COVID-19 emergency, citizens of Edmonds have been relying upon the work of City employees who face the risk of exposure to COVID-19 to maintain government services; and WHEREAS, many City employees cannot choose to work from home and must come to work to perform their jobs, which can involve substantial interaction with customers and co- workers that could potentially spread the virus. They are wearing masks, socially distancing as much as is possible, performing safety protocols, and learning new skills to decrease transmission of the virus to protect themselves and the public; and WHEREAS, eligible City employees who must come to work to perform their jobs during the COVID-19 emergency are entitled to premium pay and additional vacation days because they are required to continue to perform duties involving additional risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Many City employees have been working under such conditions since the beginning of the pandemic; and WHEREAS, providing a COVID-19 premium pay bonus and additional vacation days to eligible City employees for frontline work performed for the citizens of Edmonds during the COVID-19 emergency will promote job retention, compensate for the risks of working on the frontlines of a global pandemic, improve financial ability to access resources for protecting themselves and their families from catching or spreading the virus or coping with illness caused by the virus, and support the access to government services for the greater community; and WHEREAS, on March 10, 2021, the United States Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ("ARPA"), providing direct relief to units of local government through the United States Department of Treasury; and WHEREAS, the Department of Treasury has issued guidance for the allowable uses of the direct relief funds, and one permissible use of ARPA funds is to provide premium pay to eligible local government workers facing increased risk due to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, the City Council acknowledges the value of employees whose continued employment during this COVID-19 pandemic resulted in continuous, excellent service to the community and performance of the added responsibilities undertaken and the City Council therefore desires to incentivize their retention as employees; and WHEREAS, the City Council chooses to use funding under the American Rescue Plan Act to provide premium pay to its essential employees for work they continue to perform due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, the City Council will provide premium pay to all eligible City employees, which do not include Elected Officials and employees who do not meet American Rescue Plan Act eligibility; and WHEREAS, the City Council chooses to provide additional vacation days to all eligible City employees in recognition of the fact that such employees were or are unable to work remotely and had to or will have to use their personal leave for COVID-19 related impacts; NOW THEREFORE; THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Findings. The City Council adopts the above recitals as findings in support of this Ordinance. Section 2. Eligible Employees. An eligible employee is an employee that meets all the following criteria and is not excluded under Section 5: A. Employed by the City of Edmonds in a regular full- or part-time position, budgeted for at least twenty (20) hours per week; and B. Employed in the position and assigned regular duties within the job description for at least six (6) months between March 23, 2020 and December 31, 2021; and C. During the six (6) qualifying months, was required by a supervisor or manager to perform job duties on-site (as opposed to remote telework) for at least four (4) days per week or a total of one hundred four (104) days during that time period which placed the employee in a potential situation of exposure to COVID-19; and D. Was performing job duties in an on-site work location where the employee must interact in person with members of the public for a cumulative total of at least fifteen (15) minutes in a twenty-four (24) hour period or with co-workers that in the same day interacted with members of the public for a cumulative total of at least fifteen (15) minutes in a twenty-four (24) hour period. Section 3. Eligibility Determination. Eligibility shall be conclusively determined by the Human Resources Director, in consultation with the employee's supervising Department Head or Elected Official. Such determination shall be final and not be subject to any grievance or appeal process. The determination shall be documented and include written justification of how the premium pay responds to eligible employee needs in performing essential work. Section 4. Premium Pay. Each eligible employee shall receive premium pay for hours scheduled, up to a maximum total of One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00), at the rate of Five Dollars ($5.00) per hour for up to forty (40) hours scheduled per week for each week between March 1, 2022 and May 31, 2022. Section 5. Vacation Days. Each eligible employee shall receive two (2) additional vacation days added to their vacation bank. Section 6. Exclusions. The following employees are excluded from eligibility: Elected Officials, Department Directors and Deputy Department Directors. Section 7. Savings. With respect to the subject matter of this Ordinance, the City will retain status quo working conditions of employees covered by existing collective bargaining agreements or a dynamic status quo until such time as the working conditions of such employees are changed in accordance with law. Section S. Severability. If any section, subsection, clause, sentence, or phrase of this Ordinance should be held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section 9. Publication. This Ordinance shall be published by an approved summary consisting of the title. Section 10. Effective Date. This ordinance, being exempt under RCW 35A.11.090(4), as an ordinance appropriating money, is not subject to referendum and shall take effect five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the title. APPROVED: ` MAY,OR MIKE NELSON �AT5TESUAUTHEJATED: CLERK, SCOTT PA)SSEY APPROVED AS TO FORM: OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY: JEFF TARADAY FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: February 11, 2022 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: February 15, 2022 PUBLISHED: February 18, 2022 EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 2022 ORDINANCE NO. 4246 SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 4246 of the City of Edmonds, Washington On the 15th day of February, 2022, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 4246. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING ALLOCATION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING COVID PREMIUM PAY TO ELIGIBLE CITY EMPLOYEES AND AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL VACATION DAYS FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES. The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request. DATED this 15th day of February, 2022. CLE , SCOTTO' EY '1 r Everett Daily Herald Affidavit of Publication State of Washington } County of Snohomish } ss Michael Gates being first duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says: that he/she is the legal representative of the Everett Daily Herald a daily newspaper. The said newspaper is a legal newspaper by order of the superior court in the county in which it is published and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the first publication of the Notice hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Snohomish County, Washington and is and always has been printed in whole or part in the Everett Daily Herald and is of general circulation in said County, and is a legal newspaper, in accordance with the Chapter 99 of the Laws of 1921, as amended by Chapter 213, Laws of 1941, and approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of Snohomish County, State of Washington, by order dated June 16, 1941, and that the annexed is a true copy of EDH948914 ORDINANCE SUNEvIARY as it was published in the regular and entire issue of said paper and not as a supplement form thereof for a period of 1 issue(s), such publication commencing on 02/18/2022 and ending on 02/18/2022 and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. The amount the fee for s h publication is $65.36. Subscribed and sworn befopO me on thIE day of Linda Phillips Nc)tary Public State of Washington My Appointment Expkea 6129/425 Commi6sion Number 1141T :1 Notary Public in and for the State of Washington. Cily orEdmonds-LEGALADS 114101416 SCOTTPASSEY Classified Proof ORDINANCE SUMMARY of the Clby of Edmonds, Waslinpb0n on the 1 Sth day of Fgb narryy 2x22, th4 Cay Council of Ore City 01 Edraonda, pasaed IAe 10Uov+lfg OrWlaricae, 1ha wmmarls6 of aald onTinances cor slst n8 of flues are provided as foRoas. RD]NAN E .42,15 AN ORDINANCE OF HE I OF EDAI NDS, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 1.20 ECC, ENTITLED "PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS; TO ALIGN WITH THE REORGANTZATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR IN ,HCNO-434 AN ORDINANCE or TRE aIT�_Y _ 6T MON DS. WASHINGTON AUTHORIZING ALLOCATION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLA ACT FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING COVID PREIAIUM PAY TO ELIGTKE CITY EMPLOYEES AND AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL VACATION DAYS FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES C1R{]INANGE N AN ORDINANCE OFTHIO ONDS. WASHINGTON. ESTABLISHING AN IMMEDEATE EMERGENCY MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR BD2 ZONED LOTS THAT 00 NOT FRONT ON A DESIGNATED STREET FRONT, TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE CITY OF EOKtONDS ADOPTS INTERIM DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS POA SUCH BD2 ZONED LOTS, SETTING TWO MONTHS AS THE EFFECTVE PERIOD OF THE MORATORIUM, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO.42a6 AN ORDINANCE OFiREW1T4�F�DMOMDS. WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 5.34 ECC fPFRSONS, CRIMES RELATRCW 7I1I05A6D? PROVIDING NG FORDOPT BY FSEVERASt I'fYERENCE ROW TDECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE The 1uA %8>;[ of these Ordnmas WIII be sent upon requasL DATED Ods 45th Day M February, 2022. CITY CLERK, SCOTT PASSEY PUNY hod: February 18, 2022, EDH948914 Proofed by Phillips, Linda, 02/18/2022 08:49:25 am Page: 2