69-10 Object to Fact Finders Report - Dispatchers

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ORDINANCE N0. 69-10 BY: Antonio, Bullock, Butler, Madigan, Smith, Summers. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members elected to Council otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allow by law, rejecting the fact finders report relative to the collecting bargaining process with the Western Cuyahoga Lodge No. 25, Fraternal Order of Police, Lakewood Division on behalf of the Dispatchers. WHEREAS, the Administration has conducted extensive negotiations with the Western Cuyahoga Lodge No. 25, Fraternal Order of Police, Lakewood Division (Dispatchers) nevertheless certain issues were submitted to fact finding and a report has now been issued; and WHEREAS, the fact finders report must be approved or rejected within seven (7) days of receipt; and WHEREAS, Council and the Administration have reviewed such report and recommend to reject such report; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall. take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that it provides for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the fact finders report must be acted upon within seven (7) days of receipt. Now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Council of the City of Lakewood hereby rejects the report of the fact finder resulting from the negotiations with the Western Cuyahoga Lodge No. 25, Fraternal Order of Police, Lakewood Division on behalf of Dispatchers of the City of Lakewood; the report, made apart hereof as though fully rewritten herein, is on file in the office of the Director of Law. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Ordinance were passed in an open meeting of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such actions. were in meetings open to the public and in compliance with legal requirements. Section 3. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative