8944-17 Ratify Agreement with Local 1043, AFL-CIO & OH Council 8, AFSCME

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RESOLUTION NO. 8944 -17 BY: Anderson, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, ratifying and authorizing the Mayor of the City of Lakewood, Ohio, to enter into an agreement with the Local 1043 (Public Works Unit), AFL -CIO and Ohio Council 8, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees for a three -year period commencing upon January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2019. WHEREAS, the administration has conducted extensive negotiations with the Local 1043 (Public Works Unit), AFL -CIO and Ohio Council 8, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (the "Union ") as the bargaining representative for certain employees of the City; and WHEREAS, such negotiations, together with the July 13, 2017 report of a fact -finder on certain issues, have produced a tentative agreement between the parties for the years 2017 -2019; and WHEREAS, Council and the administration have reviewed such proposal and do desire to ratify and adopt such agreement; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five members thereof determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 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 prior agreement expired on December 31, 2016; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Council hereby ratifies and authorizes the Mayor to enter into an Agreement for a three -year period with the Union, on behalf of certain employees of the City, commencing upon January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2019, as amended by the report of a fact -finder on certain issues; the agreement, once finalized and signed, will be on file in the office of the Director of Law. Section 2. Council hereby approves the report of the fact -finder dated July 13, 2017, pursuant to R.C. 4117.14(C)(6)(a). Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were passed in an open meeting of this Council and