Explanation
This ordinance accepts the collective bargaining contract between the City of Columbus and the Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/Communication Workers of America, Local 4502, covering the period August 24, 2005 through August 23, 2008.
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 retrospective basis.
The terms of the new contract and the fiscal impact were summarized in a memorandum to City Council, dated November 4, 2005.
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To accept the proposed collective bargaining contract between the City of Columbus and Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/Communication Workers of America, Local 4502 (CMAGE/CWA), August 24, 2005 - August 23, 2008, to provide for 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 negotiated between the City and Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/Communication Workers of America, Local 4502 (CMAGE/CWA), August 24, 2005 - August 23, 2008, 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 contract between the City and Columbus Municipal Association of Government Employees/Communication Workers of America, Local 4502 (CMAGE/CWA), attached hereto as A...
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