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AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the memorandum of agreement negotiated by and between King County and Professional and Technical Employees, Local 17 (Representing Employees in the Departments of Public Health and Community and Human Services), Service Employees International Union, Local 925 (Involuntary Commitment Specialists - Mental Health, Department of Community & Human Services), and International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 117 (Joint Units Agreement) regarding the June 2023 Behavioral Health Workforce Stabilization Bonus Program; and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The executive transmitted to the council a memorandum of agreement ("the MOA") with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 117, the Service Employees International Union Local 925, and the Professional and Technical Employees Local 17 to provide hiring bonuses and retention bonuses to employees who remained employed with the county through December 31, 2023.
B. The hiring bonuses and retention bonuses provided for under the terms of the MOA are supported by moneys provided by the Washington state Health Care Authority as a part of its Behavioral Health Workforce Stabilization program.
C. Section 5.3.2b. of the Eligible Use Timeframe section of Beneficiary Agreement for the Behavioral Health Workforce Stabilization Funding requires that the county expends all moneys received for this purpose by June 30, 2023.
D. According to the executive, ratification of the MOA must be effective on or before June 6, 2023, to ensure that moneys received under the Behavioral Health Workforce Stabilization Funding program can be expended by June 30, 2023.
SECTION 2. The memorandum of agreement negotiated by and between King County and Professional and Technical Employees, Local 17 (Representing Employees in the Departments of Public Health and Community and Human Services), Service Employees International Union...
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