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EVERETT WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 3746-20 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Designating Certain ATU employees as Employees who are Eligible to Apply for the City's Separation Incentive Program,Amending Ordinance No.3736-20,as Amended WHEREAS, A. On March 18, 2020, the City adopted Ordinance No. 3736-20 establishing an incentive for employees to voluntarily separate or retire from the City. B. The purpose of the separation incentive program is to reduce compensation costs and full-time employee levels,as well as to facilitate redeployment, reorganization,and other efforts to make more efficient and effective use of the City's limited resources. C. On April 1,2020,the City amended Ordinance No.3736-20 changing the application deadline for applying for participation in the separation incentive program from May 31,2020,to April 15, 2020. D. The need to reduce compensation costs has become more urgent due to the financial impact on the City of the COVID 19 pandemic, requiring that the separation incentive program be made available to a wider range of City employees. NOW,THEREFORE,THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Section 1.B of Ordinance No.3736-20,which reads: "Eligible Employees" are those employees,who are regular full-time or regular part-time AFSCME,appointive, Everett Police Management Association,and Snohomish County Construction Crafts employees who have at least 2 cumulative years of service with the City as of the Date of Separation Is hereby amended to read: "Eligible Employees"are those employees,who are regular full-time or regular part-time AFSCME,appointive, Everett Police Management Association,ATU, and Snohomish County Construction Crafts employees who have at least 2 cumulative years of service with the City as of the Date of Separation. Section 2. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary