City of Columbus - File #: 0820-2009

• File #: 0820-2009
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/29/2009
• In control: Administration Committee
• On agenda: 6/22/2009
• Final action: 6/24/2009
• Title: To accept Memorandum of Understanding #2009-01 executed between representatives of the City of Columbus and the Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/CWA (CMAGE/CWA) Local 4502, which amends the Collective Bargaining Contract August 24, 2005 through August 23, 2008; and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/24/2009	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/23/2009	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/22/2009	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/22/2009	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/18/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/17/2009	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
6/12/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/12/2009	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/12/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/12/2009	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/12/2009	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/12/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/12/2009	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
6/12/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/4/2009	1	HR DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/3/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) #2009-01 was executed by representatives of the City and the Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/CWA (CMAGE/CWA) Local 4502.  MOU #2009-01 has been executed by the parties in an effort to avoid further layoffs as a result of the $13 million 2009 budget deficit. The passage of this ordinance indicates Council's acceptance of MOU #2009-01, a copy of which is attached hereto.

The estimated savings from this action is $827,000.

Title

To accept Memorandum of  Understanding #2009-01 executed between representatives of the City of Columbus and the Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/CWA (CMAGE/CWA) Local 4502, which amends the Collective Bargaining Contract August 24, 2005 through August 23, 2008; and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, the City wishes to avoid further layoffs as a result of the $13 million 2009 budget deficit; and

WHEREAS, the City and CMAGE/CWA Local 4502 agree, in lieu of a five (5) day layoff which the City could impose, to forfeit forty (40) hours of pay; and

WHEREAS, the employees listed in Memorandum of Understanding #2009-01, a copy of which is attached hereto, will be required to observe forty (40) hours of unpaid time.

WHEREAS, representatives of the City and the Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/CWA (CMAGE/CWA) Local 4502 entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) #2009-01, a copy of which is attached hereto, to amend the Collective Bargaining Contract between the City and CMAGE/CWA, August 24, 2005 through August 23, 2008; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to amend the Collective Bargaining Contract between the City and CMAGE/CWA, by accepting MOU #2009-01 so that implementation can proceed at the earliest possible date, 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. That MOU #2009-01 amends the Collective Bargaining Contract between the City and CMAGE/CWA, August 24, 2005 through August 23, 2008.

Section 2. That City Council , in the best interests of the City, hereby recognizes and accepts MOU #2009-01, a copy of which is attached hereto, executed between representatives of the City and CMAGE/CWA, to be effective with the passage of this ordinance by City Council.

Section 3.  All Appointing Authorities are required to report selected unpaid days off to the Director of Human Resources no later than Monday, July 13, 2009.

Section 4. 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 or ten (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.