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Shoreline staff present employee handbook revisions; council sends changes to consent

Shoreline City Council · November 17, 2025
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Summary

City human resources staff outlined proposed updates to the Shoreline employee handbook, including changes required by recent state and federal law, social media guidance, and refinements to classification and benefits language; council asked a definition question and directed the item to appear on the consent calendar.

Shoreline — Human Resources Director Livvy Smith presented proposed revisions to the City of Shoreline employee handbook during the Nov. 17 council meeting, describing statutory updates, clarified procedures and new personnel practices that staff say reduce liability and increase transparency.

"The updates were reviewed by the city's attorney office. We also had outside legal counsel taking a look at the edits that we made," Livvy Smith said, summarizing the…

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