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?. <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2008 - 60 <br />BY: Mayor O'Grady <br />A RESOLUTION APPROVING OF AND AUTHORIZING THE <br />MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A COLLECTIYE BARGAINING <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF <br />FIRE FIGHTERS ("IAFF') LOCAL 1267 FOR THE CITY'S FIRE <br />FIGHTERS, FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2007 THROUGH <br />DECEMBER 31, 2008, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, the legislature of the State of Ohio has heretofore adopted legislation <br />calling for collective bargaining agreements with public employees; and <br />WHEREAS, the International Association of Fire Fighters ("IAFF"), Local 1267, has <br />been recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for the City's Fire Fighters; and <br />WHEREAS, the Administration has conducted bargaining from October 2006 to <br />December 2007 with the members of said bargaining unit and concluded the process, <br />including fact-finding, with an agreement that included all of the provisions agreed to by the <br />parties-including those unmodified by the 2006-2007 bargaining process, those provisions <br />specifically negotiated to agreement by the parties, and those provisions recommended by the <br />fact-finder, whose recommendations have been accepted by the parties; and <br />WHEREAS, the Administration, in accordance with the new and modified provisit js <br />negotiated by the parties and recommendations of the fact finder, prepared and submitted to <br />the IAFF in January 2008 the draft of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement for IAFF <br />review and approval; and <br />WHEREAS, after receiving comments and suggestions from the IAFF regarding the <br />draft, the Administration made appropriate further revisions and submitted a final draft <br />Collective Bargaining Agreement to the IAFF on March 26, 2008, which contains all of the <br />new and modified contract provisions negotiated by the parties, all of the fact finder's <br />recommendations, and additional revisions to the first draft in response to comments and <br />suggestions from the IAFF insofar as they were reasonable and appropriate; and <br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to approve of and authorize the Mayor, on <br />behalf of the City, to execute the new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and <br />IAFF, Local 1267 on behalf of the said Fire Fighters, for the period January 1, 2007 through <br />December 31, 2008, in the substance and form of the final draft sent to the IAFF on Marcr ?.6, <br />2008; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: