AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; establishing Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a legal holiday for certain City employees and a legal parking holiday; authorizing memoranda of understanding between the City and certain City unions to add Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Juneteenth as a paid holiday; amending Sections 3.06.015, 3.16.131, 3.102.010, 4.20.190, 11.14.277, and 14.12.030 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Thank you. This is mine. So I will go ahead and first move. I will move to pass Council Bill 120286. Is there a second? Second. Thank you. It's been moved and seconded to pass the bill as a sponsor of this bill. I will address this item. Council Bill 120286 is legislation that would authorize several actions related to our two new city holidays. As a reminder, December and December 2021, the city enacted two ordinances relating to two new holidays ordinance 126505 Establish Juneteenth as a legal holiday for non represented city employees and a parking holiday for the public. Ordinance number 126516 Establish Juneteenth An Indigenous People's Day as legal holidays for city employees represented by the Coalition of City Unions. Although the city has already established Indigenous People's Day as a day of observance, observance and legal holiday for city employees represented by the Coalition, legislation is required to expand this holiday to non represented city employees and establish a parking holiday. The proposed legislation would authorize the following actions. Number one, establish Indigenous People's Day as a legal holiday for city employees on the second Monday of October. Number two, establish indigenous people's day as a parking holiday. Number three, approve a memorandum of understanding with three unions to establish Juneteenth, an indigenous peoples day as a new paid holiday. And four make technical updates to facilitate observance of Indigenous Peoples Day. Direct costs would include additional pay for minimum staffing requirements and the loss of on street parking revenue for the parking holiday for each car for up to about 132,000 for each parking holiday. Completing the establishment of Indigenous People's Day as a new holiday will demonstrate the city's commitment to honoring the culture and contributions of indigenous people. The establishment of both Juneteenth and the Indigenous Peoples Day will also signal a commitment towards achieving racial equity, working towards an anti-racist future, and ending the historical and continued harms towards black Americans and indigenous peoples in this region and the United States. For next steps after Council approves the bill today, the executive will transmit and the executive will later transmit separate budget legislation to appropriate funding to cover the direct costs. Those are the costs that are just shared with you. Is there any comments on the bill? I would just like to thank Councilman Morales for bringing the Juneteenth to us. I believe it was in her committee and we passed the legislation. So thank you, Castro. Morales So it looks like both holidays will have free parking, so let's be thankful for that. So anyhow, thank you. Not seen any more comments or hands raised. Well, clerk, please call the roll on the passage of the bill. Council member Strauss. Yes. Council member Herbold. Yes. Council member Morales. Yes. Council member. Must gather. I Council Member Nelsen I Council Member Petersen High Council President Juarez. High. Seven in favor and unopposed. Thank you. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Madam Clerk, will you please affix my signature to the bill? Ah, to the legislation. Thank you. Moving on to our second item from the Economic Development Technology and Select Committee. Madam, click, will you please read item two and to the record.