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Clerk 09/24/2025

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AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2026 3.75 GWI King County Hourly Squared Schedule, 2026 3.75 GWI King County Annual FLSA-Exempt Squared Schedule, 2026 3.75 GWI King County Standardized Hourly Salary Schedule, 2026 3.75 GWI King County Standardized Annual FLSA-Exempt Salary Schedule, 2027 3.75 GWI King County Hourly Squared Schedule, 2027 3.75 GWI King County Annual FLSA-Exempt Squared Schedule, 2027 3.75 GWI King County Standardized Hourly Salary Schedule, 2027 3.75 GWI King County Standardized Annual FLSA-Exempt Salary Schedule, the annual general wage increase for nonrepresented King County employees, and the insured benefits agreement for nonrepresented King County employees.

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                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The attached 2026 3.75 GWI King County Hourly Squared Schedule, 2026 3.75 GWI King County Annual FLSA-Exempt Squared Schedule, 2026 3.75 GWI King County Standardized Hourly Salary Schedule, 2026 3.75 GWI King County Standardized Annual FLSA-Exempt Salary Schedule, 2027 3.75 GWI King County Hourly Squared Schedule, 2027 3.75 GWI King County Annual FLSA-Exempt Squared Schedule, 2027 3.75 GWI King County Standardized Hourly Salary Schedule, and 2027 3.75 GWI King County Standardized Annual FLSA-Exempt Salary Schedule, are approved and adopted.

                     SECTION 2.  The salary schedules listed in section 1 of this ordinance, reflect a three and three-quarter percent increase from the preceding 2025 schedules effective January 1, 2026, and a three and three-quarter percent increase from the 2026 schedules effective January 1, 2027, for nonrepresented employees of the King County executive branch, King County council, prosecuting attorney's office, district court, superior court, and the office of economic and financial analysis.  Effective January 1, 2026, the wages of any nonrepresented King County executive branch, King County council, prosecuting attorney's office, district court, superior court, or the office of economic and financial analysis employee whose wages are not based on any salary schedule listed in section 1 of this ordinance, shall be increased by three and three-quarter percent from the preceding 2025 schedules, effective January 1, 2026, and increased by three and three-quarter percent from the 2026 schedules, effective January 1, 2027.  Section 1 of this ordinance and this section shall not apply to elected officials, superior court commissioners, superior court judges pro tem, or district court judges pro tem.  Represented employees' general wage increases shall be governed by the employees' respective collective bargaining agreements.

                     SECTION 3.

                     A.  Effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027, nonrepresented full-time regular, part-time regular, provisional, probationary, term-limited temporary employees in the King County executive branch, King County council, prosecuting attorney's office, district court, superior court, the office of economic and financial analysis, and elected officials shall receive the same insured benefits as those agreed to by the joint labor management insurance committee, which will include a wellness program, a Health Maintenance Organization Plan, an Accountable Health Network Plan, and a Preferred Provider Organization Plan.  This section does not apply to superior court judges, superior court judge pro tems, or district court judges pro tem.

                     B.  Effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, the county shall contribute one thousand eight hundred eighty-seven dollars per month on behalf of each eligible nonrepresented employee and elected official.

                     C.  Effective January 1, 2027, through December 31, 2027, the county shall contribute one thousand nine hundred eighty-one dollars per month on behalf of each eligible nonrepresented employee and elected official.

                     D.  Effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027:

                       1.  Nonrepresented King County employees and elected officials participating in the Health Maintenance Organization Plan shall contribute:

                         a.  Sixty dollars per month for themselves and their dependents; and

                         b.  Zero dollars per month for a spouse or Washington state-registered domestic partner who has access to medical coverage through an employer;

                       2.  Nonrepresented King County employees and elected officials participating in the Accountable Health Network Plan shall contribute:

                         a.  Seventy dollars per month for themselves and their dependents; and

                         b.  Seventy-five dollars per month for a spouse or Washington state-registered domestic partner who has access to medical coverage through an employer; and

                       3.  Nonrepresented King County employees and elected officials participating in the Preferred Provider Organization Plan shall contribute:

                         a.  Eighty-five dollars per month for themselves and their dependents; and

                         b.  Two hundred dollars per month for a spouse or Washington state-registered domestic partner who has access to medical coverage through an employer.