A RESOLUTION affirming the City's good faith intent to consider raising in the collective bargaining process for the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild (SPOG) 2021 contract renewal police accountability proposals that have been identified by the public and the City’s police oversight agencies.
The report of the Public. Safety and Human Services Committee. Janet Janda Item two Resolution 319. 30. A resolution reaffirming the city's good faith intent to consider raising. And the collective bargaining process. For the Seattle Police. Officers Guild. 2021 Contract Renewal. Public Police Accountability proposals that have been identified by the public and the city's Police Oversight Agencies Committee recommends the resolution be adopted as amended, with councilmembers Herbold, Lewis and Morales in favor with an abstention for Councilmember Peterson. Thank you very much, Madam Clerk. Councilmember Herbold, this is your resolution. Would you please comment on it? Absolutely. So in late 2018, the city council voted to approve a collective bargaining agreement with the Seattle Police Officers Guild. The contract runs through the end of 2020. So in March, just a little bit more than a month away, negotiations for a new agreement will begin for a new contract. The municipal code requires the City Council to hold a public hearing in advance of the commencement of negotiations with the Police Officers Guild and requires the city to consider in good faith whether and how to carry forward the interests expressed at the public hearing. This does not exist for any other bargaining unit in the city, nor for any other any other contract requirement in in the city. As it relates to other city employees, it only exists for police accountability and for the Police Officers Guild because the prior council has identified this as being such an important issue that we need to hear from the public before we enter into negotiations. And it's a it's intended to bring a an amount of transparency to the process before we actually begin the process. So we all have heard you both in the public hearing, but we've also acted and we're about to act on a resolution that identifies what the priorities are. And by us identifying what the priorities are, y'all can hold us more accountable when we're on the other end of the negotiating session. So specifically, the resolution summarizes the comments made by the public at the December 5th hearing in the Gender Equity Safe Communities, New Americans and Education Committee. It includes letters from the three accountability bodies the Community Police Commission, the Inspector General and the Office of Police Accountability regarded regarding collective bargaining. The resolution is designed to meet the intent of the municipal code, and it summarizes comments made by the public at the December 5th hearing in the Gender Equity Safe Communities New Americans in Education Committee. Specifically, the resolution states that we will consider in good faith what we heard about the needs for enhanced police accountability. And we call out specifically the needs to not only facilitate continued community police dialog, but also identifies some of the primary priorities of each the CPC and the LPA and OIG. I believe that the the legislation itself speaks for itself. As far as what those priorities are, I'm happy to take a minute to talk about them, but otherwise I don't believe we need to talk about them because they are memorialized in attachments to the legislation itself. That's correct. Thank you. Councilmember Herbold, are there any other comments or questions on the resolution in front of us? Seeing none. All those in favor of resolution 31930. Please vote I and raise your hand I. And he opposed none. It is unanimous. We we thank you, sir. The the votes have it and the motion carries. The resolution is adopted and the chair will sign it. Madam Clerk, could you please read it into the record? Item number three from the Transportation and Utilities Committee.