File #: 2020-0317    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/29/2020 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 11/17/2020
Enactment date: 11/30/2020 Enactment #: 19197
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to code revisions and additions necessary to preserve certain county services and reduce the necessity for additional reductions in force, by either placing some county employees on an unpaid furlough or reducing the pay for salaried employees, or both; and amending Ordinance 16339, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12F.010, Ordinance 16339, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12F.020, Ordinance 16339, Section 20, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12F.040 and Ordinance 16735, Section 20, and K.C.C. 3.12F.060 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 3.15.
Sponsors: Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Indexes: King County Code, Labor, Salaries
Code sections: 3.12.F.020 - ., 3.12F.010 - , 3.12F.040 - ., 3.12F.060 - .
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19197, 2. 2020-0317 Fiscal Note.xlsx, 3. 2020-0317 Transmittal Letter FINAL.pdf, 4. 2020-0317 Legislative Review Form, 5. 2020-0317_Furlough code update_SR, 6. 2020-0317_ATT2_AMD1_Technical Clarifying Correction bar, 7. 2020-0317_ATT3_T1_Title Amendment bar, 8. 2020-0317_SR_dated_111020_Furlough code update, 9. 2020-0317_ATT2_Amd1_Technical Clarifying Correction bar, 10. 2020-0317_ATT3_AmdT1_Title Amendment bar, 11. 2020-0317_Revised_SR_Furlough code update.docx
Staff: Leskinen, Miranda
Drafter
Clerk 11/10/2020
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to code revisions and additions necessary to preserve certain county services and reduce the necessity for additional reductions in force, by either placing some county employees on an unpaid furlough or reducing the pay for salaried employees, or both; and amending Ordinance 16339, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12F.010, Ordinance 16339, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12F.020, Ordinance 16339, Section 20, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12F.040 and Ordinance 16735, Section 20, and K.C.C. 3.12F.060 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 3.15.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The county is experiencing a budget crisis due to the COVID 19 pandemic, resulting in a shortfall in the amount of funding needed to sustain the current level of general operations through 2022.
2. Some county departments are considering various methods to meet the budget shortfall including reductions in force, furloughs or temporary salary reductions, or a combination of one or more of those methods.
3. With reduced revenues, county departments are working hard to find innovative ways to gain efficiencies in all county functions in order to minimize service reductions to the public while at the same time responding to decreased revenue.
4. In recognition of the county's need to manage economic challenges by utilization of versatile and original strategies in future fiscal years, additional flexibility in staffing and salary management and entering into agreements with labor organizations is necessary.
5. An update to code language regarding furloughs, some of it written specifically to address a previous economic crisis, is necessary to better meet current and future budget shortfalls.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 16339, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12F.010 are hereby amended to read as follows:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context cl...

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