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PR26-0298 • 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Campus Redevelopment Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Campus Redevelopment Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Mendelson
Last action
2025-10-10
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Emergency Approval of Salary Changes for Non-Union Police Officials

The Resolution approves emergency changes to the salary schedules for non-union uniformed police officials in the Metropolitan Police Department for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026.

What This Bill Does

  • Approves proposed changes to salaries for non-union uniformed police officers of the Metropolitan Police Department.
  • Makes these salary changes effective retroactively starting from October 8, 2023, for fiscal year 2024 and October 6, 2024, for fiscal year 2025.
  • Sets the salary schedule change to take effect on October 5, 2025, for fiscal year 2026.
  • Requires the Council to send a copy of this resolution to the Executive Office of the Mayor after adoption.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Non-union uniformed police officials in the Metropolitan Police Department.

Terms To Know

Salary Schedule
A list that shows the different pay levels for various positions within an organization, such as the Metropolitan Police Department.
Fiscal Year
The financial year used by governments and other organizations to track their budgeting and accounting processes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This resolution does not apply to former non-union, uniformed police officials of the Metropolitan Police Department.
  • It is based on a specific set of proposed changes submitted by the Mayor in September 2025.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-10 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0192, Effective from Sep 17, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 010913

  2. 2025-09-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  3. 2025-09-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-09-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0192

  5. 2025-09-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0298 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Robert F. Kennedy Campus Redevelopment Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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A RESOLUTION

26-196

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

September 17, 2025

To approve, on an emergency basis, proposed changes to the salary schedules for non-union,
uniformed police officials of the Metropolitan Police Department.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Salary Schedule Changes for Non-Union, Uniformed Police
Officials of the Metropolitan Police Department Emergency Approval Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 1106 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive
Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-
611.06), the Council approves the proposed changes to the salary schedules for non-union,
uniformed police officials of the Metropolitan Police Department in Fiscal Years 2024, 2025,
and 2026 that were submitted by the Mayor to the Council on September 16, 2025.

Sec. 3. The changes to the salary schedules approved by section 2 shall become effective
as follows:
(1) Retroactively on October 8, 2023, for Fiscal Year 2024;
(2) Retroactively on October 6, 2024, for Fiscal Year 2025; and
(3) On October 5, 2025, for Fiscal Year 2026.

Sec. 4. The salary schedule changes approved by this resolution shall not apply to former
non-union, uniformed police officials of the Metropolitan Police Department, except as provided
by 1106(d)(2) of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of
1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-611.06(d)(2)).

Sec. 5. Transmittal.
The Council shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the Executive
Office of the Mayor.

Sec. 6. Fiscal impact statement.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer as the fiscal
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).

Sec. 7. Effective date.
This resolution shall take effect on October 1, 2025.