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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
(Charter Amendment)
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Labor Commissioner)
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
Title
Charter Amendment - Multi-Year Collective Bargaining
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of Estimates to approve certain multi-year collective bargaining agreements, subject to certain conditions; providing for the funding of those agreements; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Body
BY proposing to amend
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section(s) 12
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows:
Baltimore City Charter
Article VI. Board of Estimates
§ 12. Salary and wage scales; work conditions.
(A) IN GENERAL.
(1) The Board shall fix the salary or wage scales for the several classifications of the City employee in the Classified Civil Service, and such scales, so far as practicable, shall be uniform for all like classifications except that where a final decision of a board of arbitration convened to arbitrate unresolved negotiations between the City and the certified employee organization representing the fire fighters and fire officers has been rendered in any year, the amounts as determined shall be adopted by the Board of Estimates as the salary and wage scales for employees of the Fire Department.
(2) The Board shall also adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate to insure, so far as practicable, like working conditions for the employees in the several municipal agencies, including vacation and sick leave.
(B) MULTI-YEAR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.
(1) THE BOARD OF ESTIMATES MAY APPROVE MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING NEGOTIATED THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BALTIMORE FIRE FIGHTERS, IAFF LOCAL 734, AND THE BALTIMORE FIRE FIGHTERS, IAFF LOCAL 964, FOR TERMS OF NOT LESS THAN 1 FISCAL YEAR AND NOT MORE THAN 3 CONSECUTIVE FISCAL YEARS, SO LONG AS THE TERM OF ANY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DOES NOT EXCEED THE CURRENT MAYOR'S TERM OF OFFICE.
(2) THE BOARD SHALL ANNUALLY INCLUDE IN THE ORDINANCE OF ESTIMATES SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO FUND THE SALARIES PROVIDED FOR IN ANY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment to the City Charter be submitted to the legal and qualified voters of Baltimore City, for adoption or rejection, in accordance with Article XI-A, § 5 of the Maryland Constitution, in the form specified by the City Solicitor.
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