PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 

COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.   5e 
Date of Meeting  July 27, 2010 

DATE:    July 1, 2010 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Trish Murphy, Labor Relations Manager 
SUBJECT:  Memorandum of Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the International
Association of Firefighters, Local 1257. 
ACTION REQUESTED 
Request for authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute a Memorandum of
Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the International Association of Firefighters, Local
1257, regarding Title Changes in the previously approved Collective Bargaining Agreement in
effect from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2010. 
BACKGROUND
This Memorandum of Agreement covers a bargaining unit of sixty nine (69) Fire Department
employees working in the classifications of Firefighter, Firefighter Mechanic, Lieutenant,
Captain, Training Chief, and Alarm Inspector. The term of the bargaining agreement currently
in effect is January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010.
This MOA will authorize the parties' agreement that in the 2008-2010 Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the parties, all references to Captain shall apply to Battalion Chiefs, and all
references to Lieutenant shall apply to Captains. Additionally, all references to the Fire
Prevention Lieutenant shall apply to the Fire Marshall. The MOA also memorializes the title
changes and rank change the Fire Department intends to make. 

OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST: 
Memorandum of Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the International Association of
Firefighters Local #1257 regarding Title Changes.