Explanation
This ordinance accepts the collective bargaining contract between the City of Columbus and IAFF Local 67 covering June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2010. The collective bargaining contract incorporates all the tenative agreements agreed to by the parties and the Fact-Finder Report and Recommendation.
All articles of this contract and attachments thereto have been approved by the City and the Union. A signed contract will be on file in the Department of Human Resources.
Emergency action is recommended because certain provisions of the contract are effective on a retroactive basis.
The terms of this new contract and the fiscal impact were summarized in a memoradum to City Council dated June 25, 2008.
Title
To accept the entire proposed collective bargaining contract June 1, 2007-May 31, 2010 which incorporates all tentative agreements as agreed to by the City and the IAFF Local 67 and the Fact-Finder Report and Recommendation, dated 4/30/08, to provide wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the bargaining unit as provided in Attachment A attached hereto; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to accept the collective bargaining contract between the City and IAFF Local 67, June 1, 2007 -May 31, 2010, to provide wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the bargaining unit, thereby preserving the public peace, property, health, safety, and welfare; Now, Therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
Section 1. The Council of the City of Columbus hereby accepts the proposed collective bargaining contract between the City and IAFF Local 67 , attached hereto as Attachment A and incorporated herein in its entirety as if fully rewritten herein, to establish the wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the bargaining unit, as specified and stated in Attachment A. A copy of Attachment A will be kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk and the Department of Human Resources and will not be printed in the City Bulletin as a part thereof.
Section 2. If any section of this Ordinance , including any article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of Attachment A, for any reason, is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions or sections of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed the ordinance, and each section hereof, including any article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of Attachment A, irrespective of the fact that any one (1) or more articles, sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof , this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor to ten (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.