Explanation
Section 2.4 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Columbus and Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge #9, dated December 9, 2020 through December 8, 2023, requires that any modifications to the Agreement be agreed to by the parties in writing. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) #2022-08 extends the expiration date of MOU #2022-05 by three (3) weeks from September 5, 2022 to September 26, 2022. MOU #2022-08 extends the temporary amendment of Article 22 of the Agreement, originally established in MOU #2022-05, to provide pay at double the straight time hourly rate for Police Officers, Police Sergeants, and Police Lieutenants who work voluntary scheduled overtime for the 2022 City Parks Special Operation on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday from 4:00 P.M. to 3:00 A.M., until September 26, 2022.
The passage of this ordinance indicates City Council’s approval of MOU #2022-08, a copy of which is attached hereto.
Emergency action is recommended in order to allow for expedient implementation.
Title
To approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) #2022-08 executed between representatives of the City of Columbus and Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge #9 that extends the expiration date of MOU #2022-05 by three (3) weeks and amends Article 22 of the Agreement by providing pay at double the straight time hourly rate for Police Officers, Police Sergeants, and Police Lieutenants who work voluntary scheduled overtime for the 2022 City Parks Special Operation until September 26, 2022, as provided in the attachments hereto; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, representatives of the City of Columbus and the Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge #9 entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) #2022-08, a copy of which is attached hereto, which extends MOU #2022-05 by three (3) weeks and temporarily amends Article 22 of the Agreement between the City and the Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge #9, December 9, 2020 through December 8, 2023, by providing pay at double the straight time hourly rate for Police Officers, Police Sergeants, and Police Lieutenants who work voluntary scheduled overtime for the 2022 City Parks Special Operation on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday from 4:00 P.M. to 3:00 A.M., until September 26, 2022; and
WHEREAS, emergency action is recommended in order to implement the terms of the MOU in a timely manner; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to amend the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge #9, by approving MOU #2022-08; 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 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) #2022-08 extends MOU #2022-05 by three (3) weeks and temporarily amends Article 22 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and the Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge #9, December 9, 2020 through December 8, 2023, until September 26, 2022.
SECTION 2. That City Council, in the best interests of the City, hereby, recognizes and approves MOU #2022-08, a copy of which is attached hereto, executed between representatives of the City and the Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge #9.
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.