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AN ORDINANCE relating to code revisions and additions necessary to provide furlough replacement time to King County employees who are not represented by labor organizations and who observed furlough days; and amending Ordinance 16339, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12F.010 and Ordinance 16339, Section 20, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12F.040.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The county experienced an unprecedented financial emergency resulting in a significant shortfall in the amount of funding needed to sustain the current level of general operations through 2009. One method of addressing the shortfall was the implementation of an unpaid furlough for nonessential employees, also known as the 2009 emergency budget furlough.
B. Nonrepresented furloughed employees observed up to ten furlough days in 2009. Represented furloughed employees also observed up to ten furlough days in 2009 and, those represented employees subject to the Memorandum of Agreement between the King County Coalition of Unions and King County Addressing the 2009 Budget Crisis Regarding Furlough Days were provided furlough replacement time.
C. In order to also provide furlough replacement time to nonrepresented furloughed employees, certain code revisions are necessary.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 16735, Section 16, and K.C.C. 3.12F.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. "Budgetary furlough" has the same meaning as found in K.C.C. 3.12.010.
B. "Emergency budget crisis" or "financial emergency" means a circumstance in which projected county revenues are determined to be insufficient to fully fund county agency operations and significant cost savings must be achieved through reductions in service and pay.
C. "Furlough day" has the same meaning as found in K.C.C. 3.12.010.
D. "Furloughed employee" has the same mean...

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