Speaker 2: The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Please call the next urgent item, please.
Speaker 10: The report of the Full Council Agenda Item one Council Bill 118 783 relating to regulation of the for hire industry in many sections 6.3, 10.1 ten and point 735 of the Seattle Municipal Code. To add clarity to the qualifying driver description and extend the commencement date and ratifying confirming certain prior acts.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much. So as I said earlier and during the committee, the decision in front of the council's day, which is described in Council Bill 118793, relates to us enforcing a law that we did pass ordinance 124968 which basically set up a collective bargaining process for the drivers, whether you driver a taxi or for hire or TNC or Uber or Lyft in any of those cars, a process by which you can organize or a process by which you could reject organization. Ideally, we were hoping to have the rules defining who can vote. Then by September 19th, that's next Monday. The FAA, US Finance and Administrative Services have had some difficulty in making sure that they're getting all the data that they want. They want to know who's driving, where the driving, how many hours a day are they working? And so what we're trying to do now is simply give established a deadline by which they will make these rules. And as you may recall, the ordinance one two, 4968 did require that the department develop these rules. And you heard today, I think, testimony on opinions on the rules. And so what we're asking FAA has to do is to continue to have a dialog with all of these people, some of their their representatives, to come up with the rules that seem to make sense. We realize this is a very difficult task. There are going to be several opinions on who should be able to vote, what a qualified driver representative could be, what an exclusive driver representative could be, and the rules associated with that whole system of of a bargaining process. And and that's what we're doing in a setting up the deadline. So the new deadline in this legislation will be January 17th, which is after budget and after the well, not after the cold weather, that's for sure, will probably be a little chilly. But I'll give the FAA the option, do a lot of outreach meeting with you and we may contemplate another public hearing or not. That decision has not been made, but they will do the outreach and come up with the rules. Originally during committee we thought we might be able to accomplish that by November 18th, but the FAA has made it clear that they need the additional time to do the outreach they think is necessary. So that's all this legislation does, is set that deadline up until January 17th to come up with the rules that so many people are interested in. So are there any questions from any of my colleagues.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 2: That I can't remember.
Speaker 4: Thank you. Have a quick question. What is the status of part time workers being able to be part of the conversation for voting? Is that something FAA has to decide to take on, or is that something that we as a council can recommend?
Speaker 2: So you can recommend at any given point what you believe the status of a qualified driver should be. But the part time drivers, whether they're doing one trip, one a week or working 6 hours a week, have has the same say so in voice in the process as a full time driver, a person working 40 or 50 hours a week. So there's been no arbitrary decisions on who has a voice during the stakeholder process. At the end of the process, there will be rules formed that will decide who gets to vote, who's a qualified driver to vote on whether the union process continues. But at this point, all voices are being heard and no one is being excluded.
Speaker 4: So do they have it as far as has not have an opportunity at the end of the process to make a decision on whether the drivers have to be full time, where they could get part time or they get a part time vote. Mean for example, what I'm hearing from the green shirts over here is that those who are not driving full time would like to have at least a percentage vote. So if they're working 2035. Sorry, I misunderstood what you were hearing. I heard from others saying that if they were driving at least some some percentage of the full time.
Speaker 8: Or part time when it's an independent.
Speaker 2: Contractor. So I'm sorry, but I'm an equal opportunity president. So if I hear more disruption, I'm going to ask that you be removed. And if you don't voluntarily be removed, I will have you removed. We've already received public comment. We're discussing this among ourselves. I know you're passionate about this. I understand that we are not making that decision right now. Sally Bagshaw As to who I think what I'm trying to say and maybe I'll make this crystal clear. A part time driver, a full time driver. All will be talked to during the process by which will define who gets to vote. And these folks can vote thumbs up or thumbs down on the union process. And what we're with the difficulty right now and the qualified driver issue is as a qualified driver, a person drives one hour a week or one trip a week. I drive, I vote, or some people do this full time, 40 or 50 hours a week, or should they be the ones? And so very emotional decision. But we're asking for us to make that decision through the rules. And they're going to listen to everybody and they're going to have again, they're going to have outreach meetings. They're going to take surveys. They're trying to get data as to how many trips are made. That's the process that will be completed by January 17th. Okay. Any other comments from any of my colleagues? Okay. With that, please call the role on the passage of the Bill.
Speaker 3: Herbold II Johnson IV. Whereas I O'Brien.
Speaker 7: II.
Speaker 3: So want I beg Sean Burgess I. Gonzalez All right. President Harrell All right. Nine in favor. Nine opposed.
Speaker 2: Thank you. The bill passed. And, Cheryl, sign it. Please call the next agenda item.
AN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of the for-hire industry, amending Sections 6.310.110 and 6.310.735 of the Seattle Municipal Code to add clarity to the qualifying driver description and extend the commencement date, and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.