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City Attorney Jeff Taraday, bottom row-far left, discusses the proposed ordinance for grocery workers’ hazard pay during Tuesday’s Edmonds City Council meeting.
The Edmonds City Council Tuesday night approved Mayor Mike Nelson’s proposal to require Edmonds grocery stores to provide an extra $4 an hour in hazard pay for their employees. The measure which applies to Edmonds grocers who employee 500 or more workers statewide was originally proposed as an emergency ordinance, meaning it would have been effective within days if approved by a supermajority of five or more councilmembers. In the end, the vote was 4-1, with two abstentions, so the measure will go into effect in 30 days.