COMMISSION 
AGENDA MEMORANDUM                        Item No.          8k 
ACTION ITEM                            Date of Meeting     December 13, 2022 
DATE:    November 30, 2022 
TO:        Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director 
FROM:    Mikel O’Brien, Interim Senior Director of Labor Relations 
Milton Ellis, Labor Relations Manager 
SUBJECT:  New collective bargaining agreement between the Port of Seattle and the
International  Brotherhood  of  Teamsters,  Local  117,  representing  Police/Fire
Communication Specialists 
Total Port Cost Increase for the Duration of the Agreement: $694,120 
ACTION REQUESTED 
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to execute a new collective
bargaining agreement (CBA) between the Port of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, Local 117, representing Police/Fire Communication Specialists at the Port of Seattle
covering the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Good faith bargaining between the  International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 117,
representing Police/Fire Communication Specialists and the Port of Seattle resulted in a fair
collective bargaining agreement consistent with Port’s priorities. 
There are currently fifteen (15) Police/Fire Communication Specialists employed at the Port of
Settle  who are assigned  to the 911 emergency  call  center at the Port of Seattle Police
Department. Police/Fire Communication Specialists respond to and dispatch emergency calls in 
the 911 emergency call center of the Port Police Department. 
This agreement is for three years covering the period from January 1, 2022 through December
31, 2024. The estimated total additional cost for wages and benefit increases is $689,233. The
estimated additional cost per year of the contract is: year one, $113,751; year two, $250,924,
and year three $324,558.
The cost is based upon an eight percent (8.0%) wage increase in year one of the agreement; a
Cost-of-Living increase, plus an additional two and one tenths percent (2.1%) increase in wages,
in year two of the agreement; and a Cost-of-Living increase, plus an additional one percent (1.0%)
increase in wages, in three of the agreement. 

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The cost also consists of a health insurance increase of 4.7% in year two of the agreement and
an estimated 3% increase in health insurance in year three of the agreement. 
Other additions to the agreement consist of establishing a procedure for a voluntary employee
contribution to the Teamsters Democratic, Republican, Independent, Voter Education (DRIVE)
program; an addition to the Equal Employment Opportunity provision wherein both the Port and
the Union commit to promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace; modification of
the jury duty compensation procedure in which employees are no longer required to remit any
payment from the court to the Port payroll department; the inclusion of aunts and uncles in the
definition of the immediate family under the Bereavement Leave provision of the agreement;
modification of the Vacation provision that specifies that only those employee who have
completed training are eligible for vacation bidding and that non-bid vacation commences ten
days after the vacation bidding process has concluded.
The holiday provision was modified to reflect a limit on holiday hours being cashed out in the
first cash out period, June, and that holiday hours will only be reported to the Department of
Retirement Services if used.  The Port’s contribution to the Pacific Coast Benefit Trust will
increase from $1.40 per compensated hour to $1.50 per compensated hour effective the third
year of the agreement. Employees in the bargaining unit medical premium contributions will
increase from $125 per month to $150 per month effective in year three of the agreement. 
Other additions include the adoption of Washington paid sick leave law language in compliance
with state law; and an acknowledgement that the Port will comply with State law when
information is being requested from a bargaining unit members personnel file based on a public
records request. 
JUSTIFICATION
RCW Chapter 41.56 requires the Port of Seattle to collectively bargaining wages, hours and
conditions of employment with the exclusive bargaining representative designated by the
employees. 
DETAILS 
Term of the Agreement 
Retroactive to January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2024.




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FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 
Wages 
Classification      Current    Effective        Effective          Effective 
Rate       1/1/22 Base   1/1/ Base        1/1/19 Base 
Hourly Rate    Hourly Rate      Hourly Rate 
(+8.0%)       (+6%            (+3%
Estimated       Estimated
COLA + 2.1%))    COLA) + 1.0% 
Communication  $29.59    $31.96       $34.55         $35.93 
Specialists 
Wage 
Employees were provided with an eight percent (8.0%) wage increase in the first year of the
agreement;  a  cost-of-living  increase  in  year  two  of  the  agreement  based  on  the
Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue CPI-U (All Urban Consumers) October to October Index, plus an
additional two and one-tenths percent (2.1%) above the CPI-U; and a cost-of-living increase in
year three of the agreement based on the Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue CPI-U (All Urban Consumers)
October to October Index, plus an additional one percent (1.0%) above the CPI-U. 
Health and Welfare 
Members of the bargaining group are currently enrolled in Teamsters Medical Plan A where they
are contributing one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per month toward the cost of their
medical insurance. The contract provides for an increase in the amount of premium share paid
by employees of twenty-five dollars ($25) in year three of the agreement.  Total employee
medical contribution will therefore consist of employees contributing one hundred fifty dollars
($150) in year three of the agreement.
Pension 
Members of the bargaining group are enrolled in the Pacific Coast Supplemental Pension Plan
where the Port currently contributes an amount of $1.40 per compensated hour. This amount
will increase by ten cents ($0.10) in year three of the agreement for a total Port contribution of
one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per compensated hour. 
Holiday 
Employees are provided with a pool of one hundred fifty (150) leave hours that are not tied to
specific Port holidays. Employees will be permitted to cash out leave holiday hours twice a year,
June and December, with a limit of not more than seventy-hours being allowed for an employee
to cash out in June.  Also, only holiday hours that are used will be reported to the Department
of Retirement Service. 

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Other Changes 
• Modification to the Sick Leave provision in accordance with the Washington State Paid
sick leave law. 
• Equal Employment Opportunity modified to reflect the Port and Union’s commitment to
diversity, equity, and inclusion. 
• Modification of the definition of immediate family for bereavement leave to include
Aunts and Uncles. 
• Personal File – Public Records request for information in employee’s personnel file
administered in accordance with RCW 42.56.250 (12). 
• Procedure established for Voluntary employee contribution to DRIVE. 
• Modification to the vacation bidding process. 

Cost Impact $         Year 1                 Year 2                  Year 
Pay                   $96,366               $105,352               $56,243 
Benefits               $17,384                $31,822                 $17,390 
Total New Money     $113,751            $137,174             $73,633 
Total Cumulative     $113,751             $250,924              $324,558 
Cost 

The estimated total additional cost to the Port of Seattle for the duration of the contract is
$689,233.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST
1.  Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the International
Brotherhood  of  Teamsters,  Local  117,  representing  Police/Fire  Communications
Specialists assigned to the Port of Seattle Police Department, covering the period from
January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2024.
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
None 



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