AN ORDINANCE relating to parking enforcement; amending Ordinance 126237, which adopted the 2021 Budget; transferring positions out of the Seattle Police Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Agenda Item seven Council Bill 120148 relating to parking enforcement and then the ordinance 126237, which adopted the 2021 budget, transferred positions of the Seattle Police Department in ratifying the ban for certain firearms. The committee recommends the bill as amended. Great. Thank you so much. Customer Burble. This one also comes from your committee. I'm going to hand it back over to you. Thank you so much. So just as a bit of background, last year during the budget process, the Council took budget actions and passed legislation expressing our intent of transferring both the parking enforcement officers in 911 dispatch out of the Seattle Police Department and into the new Community Safety and Communication Center. In May, we took the legislation up that would actually implement the the planned action from the the budget process the previous fall. At that time there was a divided workforce. The supervisors of the parking enforcement officers were interested in in moving to two star and they were are represented by protect and the parking enforcement officer rank and file was represented by IOG and they wanted to go to the Community Safety and Communication Center because there was this division among among workers and also among management. The the executive was also very interested in the pillows going to to store it, as were several council members. We amended that legislation and just transferred the nine or one dispatch to the Community Safety Communication Center. And we included a proviso extension to allow us to continue to have the conversation and make sure that the pillows were continuing to get paid while still at the Seattle Police Department. That proviso extension expires on September 1st. Unfortunately, this extra time did not really have an outcome of a different, different result. There is still a divided workforce. I know that the front line parking enforcement officers and protect who represents the officers are still in conversations with how to come to an agreement and improve relations. But I have heard that that the the positions haven't changed. But nevertheless, I'm being responsive to the the fact that a majority of councilmembers are interested in transferring the pillows to the Seattle Department of Transportation. And for that reason, the bill, as passed out of committee unanimously with an amendment that I introduced, does transfer a P.O. unit to start. The bill, includes a ratified and confirmed clause to ensure the unit is paid come September. Thank you. Thank you so much. Are there any additional comments on the bill? CHEERING then will the court please call the role in the passage of the bill? Let's get the. I. PETERSON All right. Strauss Yes. Herbert Juarez, I. Lewis Yes. And Council President Gonzalez I. Seven in favor. Nine opposed the bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will There is a fixed signature to the legislation on my behalf. Will the Court please read item eight into the record? The Court of the Land Use the Neighborhoods Committee Agenda Item eight Council Bill one 2121 relating to land use and zoning, adopting interim provisions by amended sections 23.70 6.004. 23.70 6.006 and 23.7 6.0 32 of and adding a new section 2340 2.0 41 to the municipal code to facilitate occupancy of street level spaces downtown during the COVID