Resolution 1517RESOLUTION NO. 1517
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 FEBRUARY
29, 2024.
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, on August 3, 2021, the City Council approved Resolution 1478, which
extended the Emergency Sick Leave benefits provided under the Policy through March
31,2022;and
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2022, the City Council approved Resolution 1489, which
extended the Emergency Sick Leave benefits provided under the Policy through February
28,2023;and
WHEREAS, due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, 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 twelve months, retroactive to
March 1, 2023 and continuing through February 29, 2024, unless the federal government
enacts new legislation providing for such benefits before that date; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHING TON,
HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
ection 1. 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 February 29, 2024, 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.
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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, again to March 31, 2022, and again to February
28, 2023, are hereby revised to read "February 29, 2024." 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 February 29, 2024, the Emergency Sick Leave provisions of the Policy shall
expire on that date.
RESOLVED this 7th day of March 2023.
ATTEST:
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
RESOLUTION NO.:
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March 3, 2023
March 7, 2023
1517
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