Resolution 1540RESOLUTION NO. 1540
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 28, 2025.
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, on March 7, 2023, the City Council approved Resolution 1517, which extended the
Emergency Sick Leave benefits provided under the Policy through February 29, 2024; 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, from March 1, 2024 and continuing through
Februrary 28, 2025, 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 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 28, 2025,
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, again to March 31, 2022, again to February 28, 2023, and again to February 29, 2024,
are hereby revised to read "February 28, 2025." 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 Feburary 28, 2025, the Emergency Sick Leave provisions of
the Policy shall expire on that date.
RESOLVED this 11 `' day of March 2024.
CITY OF EDMONDS
MAYOR, MIKE ROSEN
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK, SCOTT PASSEY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: February 14, 2024
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: February 20, 2024
RESOLUTION NO. 1540