Explanation
This ordinance accepts the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Columbus and Fraternal of Police, Capital City Lodge #9, covering the period December 9, 2011 through December 8, 2014.
All Articles of this agreement and attachments thereto have been approved by the City and the Union, including the recommendations of the Fact-Finder. A signed agreement 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 fiscal impact is attached hereto.
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To accept the proposed collective bargaining agreement in its entirety between the City of Columbus and Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge # 9, December 9, 2011 -December 8, 2014, to provide for wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the bargaining units; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the parties entered into many tentative agreements during the course of negotiations which began in December 2011; and
WHEREAS, the issues upon which the parties could not agree were submitted to fact-finding pursuant to OAC Section 4117-9-05 and the Fact-finder issued his report and recommendations on October 17, 2012; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to OAC 4117-9-05, neither party rejected the Fact-finder's report and recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is asked to accept the entire collective bargaining agreement which includes the Fact-finder's report and recommendations; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to accept the collective bargaining agreement between the City and Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge #9, December 9, 2011 -December 8, 2014, to provide for wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the bargaining units, 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 agreement between the City and the Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge #9, 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 units, 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 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, or ten (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.