Speaker 0: Moving on to item 18, then 19 and 20, item 18 is there all these three are all good related ordinances. So we'll start with 18. Adam Clark.
Speaker 4: Communication from City Attorney, a recommendation and clear ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code relating to COVID 19 worker recall declaring the urgency thereof to make the ordinance of effective immediately and read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of City Council for Final Reading Citywide.
Speaker 0: I have a motion. Can I get a second here? There's a motion in a second. As Councilmember Richardson and Councilwoman Price as the motion in the second. Councilor Richardson, any comments?
Speaker 1: Sir, I wanted to I wanted to offer Mr. Park an opportunity just to just tell us about this ordinance.
Speaker 6: Thank you, Councilmember. At this time, I'm going to ask Gary Anderson for principal deputy in the office who prepared this ordinance to give a short report. 1/2. We're having technical difficulties.
Speaker 1: Maybe mayor and council members.
Speaker 3: The proposed recall ordinance proposed tonight. Mandates that employees that work for hotels or commercial property businesses with 25 or more employees who are laid off on or after March four, 2020, will be hired based upon seniority.
Speaker 1: Employers are required to make.
Speaker 3: A written offer of employment to lay off worker for any position that becomes available with the laid off workers qualified. Qualified means the laid off worker held the same or similar position that is offered, or they can become qualified for the position. It provided training that is about a training that a brand new employee would receive. In the event more than one recall workers qualified for the position. The employee must give priority to the worker with the greatest length of service or seniority. Employees deemed managers, supervisors or confidential employees are excluded from this ordinance. At this time. I'm happy to happy I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.
Speaker 1: And.
Speaker 6: May members of the council. This is Charlie Parker. And again, just as this ordnance was brought to you at the request of the Council, I did bring it to you as both an emergency ordinance and a regular ordinance to give the Council the option to adopt it if they find that the urgency is necessary immediately. We do this as a belt and suspenders. It would also be have a first reading for adoption as a regular ordinance with a second reading next week and then go into effect 31 days after signed by the mayor. So if there's questions on on the process or the when it would go into effect, I'm happy to answer those two at this time. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Okay. Let me go back to Councilman Richardson. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr. Park. And thank you, Mr. Mayor. So this was, again, a part of City Council Directive as part of our economic relief package, to think about how we can further build some resiliency and a right to protect some more of our workers here in the hospitality janitorial industry. I want to thank the city attorney for bringing it and thinking about both the belt and suspenders. I know we had a significant amount of discussion on this, and I like where the council landed unanimously that we would have regular reporting. We would move forward with a regular ordinance, which is what's the agenda tonight, a regular ordinance which allows it to remain in place and not necessarily be tied to an emergency as established by the federal government or the state government or the local government, or really be able to be monitored and tracked as we go through this long economic recovery. And so that said, I'm I'm I'm going to go ahead and make the motion. So I move to adopt the recommended ordinance with three clarifications. So, one, we're going to limit the motion to include the regular ordinance after declaration of urgency consistent with the original motion made by council. Secondly, on insert language clarifying that the definition of hotel employer includes contracted lease or sublet premises connected to connect it to or operated in conjunction with the building's purpose or providing services at the building. And three Remove language. We're looking for the 19 pandemic from the definition of laid off employee. That is my motion. It's all consistent with the original motion, and these clarifications after review in the ordinance are necessary to make sure that we meet the intent as put forward by a unanimous vote of the City Council weeks ago. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And then I have Councilman Pryce. I don't know if that was in motion or just queuing up without a second. Councilman Pryce.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm not going to back him, but I do. I do have a couple of points of clarification I want to make on this one as well.
Speaker 0: Yep.
Speaker 5: They're on pages six and seven. So Charlie or Gary, whoever is listening to this on page six. It's what I watch. Watch. I'm sorry. I got to move back to my item here. We're on a team, correct?
Speaker 6: That's correct.
Speaker 5: Okay. I have I have clarifying comments on all of the three ordinances tonight. Okay. My comments are on two, page two and seven on page two. I'd like to. Here we go. Never mind. I think that one already has been addressed. Page seven. I like the 90 day provision I would like, and this isn't really a change to the language, but I think that it should be clear that what we're asking for when the report back comes back is a recommendation as to whether the provision is still needed based on operational status of of hotels and relevant industries and whether they're stable and no longer having to lay off employees. So obviously, I think that's implied in the 90 day report back, but I wanted to make sure that that was that was clear clearly understood by our city manager that when it comes back, it really should encompass not just the welfare of the city or the city's recovery, as it indicates here, but really the industry. It should have some industry specific recommendations. So with that, I'm happy to second.
Speaker 0: Thank you. I think that is a that is a second. And you understood that also, Councilor Richardson.
Speaker 1: Yes. I don't think it necessarily changes or triggers the first reading. I think the council in price, I think it makes sense. This ordinance is and is limited to hospitality and hospitality and janitorial businesses all want to make sure that, you know, after report back is within the correct context. I think that makes.
Speaker 0: Okay. Great. So now no more no more comments. Please go ahead and do a roll call vote. This is the.
Speaker 1: District one. I miss her, too. I miss her. Three.
Speaker 5: I.
Speaker 1: District four. I. District five.
Speaker 5: I.
Speaker 1: District six. Hi. District seven. The Search seven. District eight. Hi. District nine. All right. Motion carries.
Speaker 6: Mayor that just for clarification, as the motion pointed out, there was no there's no second vote necessary as the there was no vote on the urgency. That was the vote on the first reading. So this will come back as a regular order and a second reading next week. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Item number 19, please.
Speaker 1: Communication from City Attorney Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code relating to COVID 19 worker retention. Declaring the urgency thereof to make the ordinance effective immediately or at the first time in late April to the next regular meeting of the City Council for Final Reading Citywide.
Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by adding Chapter 5.55, relating to COVID-19 worker recall, read and adopted as read.  (Citywide)