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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2013 - 9 <br />By: Mayor Kennedy <br />A RESOLUTION APPROVING OF AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO <br />ENTER INTO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE <br />INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 1267, <br />AFL-CIO FOR THE CITY'S FIREFIGHTERS, FOR THE PERIOD <br />JANUARY 1, 2012 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND DECLARING AN <br />EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, Ohio law provides for the recognition of public sector labor unions and <br />for municipal corporations to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with such unions that <br />have been recognized as the bargaining agents for their public employees; and <br />WHEREAS, the International Association of Firefighters, Local 1267, AFL-CIO <br />(hereinafter, the "IAFF") has been recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for the City's <br />firefighters; and <br />YVHEREAS, the Administration conducted negotiations with the IAFF representing <br />the interests of the members of said bargaining units in 2012; and <br />WHEREAS, the Administration successfully negotiated an agreement on all of the <br />issues that were presented during the collective bargaining negotiations between the <br />Administration and IAFF, and the agreement that was negotiated is satisfactory to both the <br />Administration and the bargaining unit members; and <br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to approve of and authorize the Mayor to <br />enter into a collective bargaining agreement with the IAFF on behalf of, respectively, the <br />City's firefighters, for the period January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION l: That the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by and between the <br />Administration and the International Association of Firefighters, Local 1267, AFL-CIO <br />(hereinafter, the "IAFF"), a copy of which is attached to this legislation as Exhibit A, is hereby <br />approved and the Mayor is authorized to execute said agreement. <br />SECTION 2: That the effective date of any and all wage and other economic benefits <br />provided for in said agreement, unless otherwise expressly specified in the agreement, shall be <br />?,,. January 1, 2012.