HomeMy WebLinkAboutTIC 2020-06-15 Item 2D - COVID-19 - Service and Staffing Changes Resulting from Coronavirus Financial ImpactsCity of Tukwila
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
FROM: Laurel Humphrey, Council Analyst
DATE: June 12, 2020
SUBJECT: Service and Staffing Changes resulting from COVID-19 Financial Impacts
ISSUE:
Councilmember Delostrinos Johnson has requested a discussion of staffing and service
impacts from COVID-19 related budget cuts.
BACKGROUND
The City has been implementing the staff -related reductions associated with the budget
shortfall associated with the coronavirus pandemic. Three of the bargaining groups in the
Teamsters voted for furloughs, reducing the workweek to 36 hours with an associated 10%
pay reduction, and one of the bargaining groups voted to implement the contract terms
resulting in the layoff of five employees. Non -represented staff are also being furloughed
with a 10% pay reduction and associated hour reduction. The staff leadership team members
are taking a 10% salary reduction with no reduction in hours.
City services will be impacted. The 6300 Building, home to Public Works staff, will be closed to
the public every Friday through the end of the year. Due to staff reductions in the
maintenance and trades unit, and the associated hiring freeze necessary to achieve needed
expenditure savings, there will be a reduction in services in the Streets Division. The
Department will prioritize safety -related projects and tasks, but there will most certainly be
delays in normal departmental duties. Here are some examples of the work done by the
Streets Department:
Vegetation control
Road pavement
Signal work
Snow plow and brine
Homeless camp clean up
Litter and large item roadside
pick up
Potholes
Installing mailboxes through
City program
Roadway striping
Landscape maintenance in
medians
Traffic calming installations
Large event response
supporting PD and Fire
Street sign maintenance
RECOMMENDATION
Committee discussion.
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