File #: 2012-0176    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/14/2012 In control: Government Accountability, Oversight and Financial Performance Committee
On agenda: 7/9/2012 Final action: 6/18/2012
Enactment date: 6/29/2012 Enactment #: 17351
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to providing first responders and essential employees, who must work extended hours during certain unanticipated events which are critical to or in response to a regulatory requirement, with lodging and meals; and amending Ordinance 9206, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.24.010, Ordinance 9206, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.24.070 and Ordinance 12077, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.24.080.
Sponsors: Bob Ferguson
Indexes: Emergency Services
Code sections: 3.24.010 - ., 3.24.070 - ., 3.24.080 - .
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17351.pdf, 2. 2012-0176 transmittal letter.doc, 3. 2012-0176 fiscal note.xls, 4. Staff Report for Proposed Ordinance 2012-0176 food and lodging 2.doc
Drafter
Clerk 04/30/2012
title
AN ORDINANCE relating to providing first responders and essential employees, who must work extended hours during certain unanticipated events which are critical to or in response to a regulatory requirement, with lodging and meals; and amending Ordinance 9206, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.24.010, Ordinance 9206, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.24.070 and Ordinance 12077, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.24.080.
body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Current code provisions provide employee lodging and meals within the county's borders during an emergency proclaimed by the executive; however, employees are required to work in response to other, unanticipated events that do not rise to the level of a declared emergency. Often, during such events, first responders and essential employees are called upon to work extended hours, sometimes well into the night or for days on end. Other times, they are required to be at work during non-scheduled hours with very little notice. Examples of these emergent events include snow removal at the King County international airport, required by federal regulations when snow reaches an eighth of one inch in accumulation; and monitoring river conditions when high river water conditions and potential flooding are imminent.
2. Providing lodging to employees who work extended hours due to unanticipated emergent events will ensure that first responders and essential employees are available for deployment and close to the worksite; and, in cases where the event results in unsafe commutes, to ensure the safety of employees by minimizing their commute. Providing meals during such events will allow the employees to focus their efforts on providing critical public service.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 9206, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.24.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
All words in this chapter shall have their ordinary and usual meanin...

Click here for full text