79-68 New Chpt 157 Admin - collective bargaining

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ORDINANCE NO. 79-68 BY: Messrs. Gaydos, Graber, Huffman, ~'-' ~ .... ' ............................... K¢lluy, Usher, Ward - ..................... A~ EMERGENCY 'ORDINANCE to enact new Chapter 157 of khe Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of LakeWood, entitled Coi,lec%ive Bargaining, relating to the esta- blishment of a procedure for .city employees to bargain collective- ly with the Council of ~the City of Lakewood with respect to wages and conditions of emplo~ent. WHEREAS, This ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and Welfare and for the usual daily operation of municipal departments; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting a new Chapter 157, to read as follows: CHAPTER 157 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING Section 157.01 Statement of Policy It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Council of the City of Lakewood through its Finance Committee and/or its designated representative(s) to bargain collectively with City employee~, their employee organizations or other authorized representatives on matters pertaining to wages, hours and conditions of employment before any final determination is made by the City Council: Provided that wherever said employees are represented by an employee organization, the employee organization can establish to the satisfaction of the Finance Committee that it represents a majority of employees in a bargaining unit whose appropriateness has been determined by said Committee. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to supersede the Charter, Ord~%nances and Rules. of Departments of the City which establish and/or regulate a merit or civil service system or which provide for other methods of administering employer-employee relations. This Ordinance is intended, instead, to strengthen merit, civil service and other methods of administering employer-employee relations through the establishment of uniform and orderly methods of communication between City employees and the City by which they are employed. Section 157.02 Definitions (a) "City employee" means any employee of the City except elected officials, administrative officials and persons in.supervisory and confidential positions or employees of Lakewood Hospital.