Explanation
This ordinance accepts the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Columbus and Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/Communications Workers of America (CMAGE/CWA) Local 4502, covering the period August 24, 2008 through April 23, 2010.
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 collective bargaining agreement are effective on a retroactive basis.
The fiscal impact was summarized in a memorandum to City Council, dated February 16, 2010.
Title
To accept the proposed collective bargaining agreement between the City of Columbus and Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/Communications Workers of America Local 4502, August 24, 2008 -April 23, 2010, to provide for wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the bargaining units as provided in the attachment hereto; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to accept the collective bargaining agreement negotiated between the City and Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/ Communications Workers of America Local 4502, August 24, 2008 -April 23, 2010, to provide for 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 agreement between the City and the Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/Communications Workers of America Local 4502, attached he...
Click here for full text