47-12 Repeal Chapter 157 Collective Bargaining

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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE RULES & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE 1Q/1/12. REPORTED OUT ON, RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION, PLACED ON ZND READING 10/15/12. f ORDINf\NCE NO. 47-12 B1'~ Anderson, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE repealing Chapter 157, Collective Bargaining, of the Codified Ordi- nances ofthe Cit}~ of Lakewood. WHEREAS, Chapter 157, Collective Bargaining, has not been changed since 1976; and WHEREAS, the contents of the chapter arc superseded b}~ state lave, the mandates of Oie Stafe Employment Relations Board, and the various collective bargaining agreements that arc in place with unions throughout the City; now, therefore, BT IT ORDAINED IN THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OI IIO: Section 1. 'T'hat Chapter 157, Collective Bargaining, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakevwood currently reading as follows: 157.01 STA'1'Et~IENT OP POLICY It is hereby declared to be the policy of Council, through its Finance Committee and/m' its designated representative(s), to bargain collectively +vith City employ- ees, their employee organizations or other authorized representatives ou matters pertaining to wages, hours and conditions of employment before any final de- termination is made by Council, provided that wherever City employees are rep- resented by an employee organization, the employee organization can establish to the satisf<~ction of the Finance Committee that it represents a majority of enr ployees in a bargaining unit whose appropriateness has been detet'mined by the Finance Conuuittec. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to supersede the Charter, ordinances and rules of departments of the City which establish and/or regulate a merit or civil set'vice system or +ehich pt'ovide fm' other methods of administering em- ployer-employee relations. This chapter is intended, instead, to strengthen merit, civil service and other methods of administering employer-employee relations through the establishment of uniform and rnderly methods of conummication betu~ecn City employees and the City by which they are employed. 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. (b) "Hmployce organization" means any lawful association, fi'aternal order, la- bor organization, federation, council or brotherhood having as its primm'y pur- pose the improvement of +vorking conditions of public employees; but shall not