City of Baltimore - File #: 10-0196R

• File #: 10-0196R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of House Bill 1098 - Baltimore City - Binding Arbitration - Police Officers
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/22/2010
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/22/2010
• Title: In Support of House Bill 1098 - Baltimore City - Binding Arbitration - Police Officers FOR the purpose of expressing support for House Bill 1098 as amended by the Appropriations Committee, and requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2010 Session of the Maryland General Assembly to secure passage of House Bill 1098.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Carl Stokes, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, President Young
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/22/2010	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
3/22/2010	0	City Council	Introduced
3/22/2010	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of House Bill 1098 - Baltimore City - Binding Arbitration - Police Officers

FOR the purpose of expressing support for House Bill 1098 as amended by the Appropriations Committee, and requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2010 Session of the Maryland General Assembly to secure passage of House Bill 1098.
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WHEREAS, Nearly 5,000 professional police officers, sergeants, and lieutenants are represented by the Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 3, all of whom work tirelessly to protect the citizens of Baltimore City; and

WHEREAS, Binding arbitration would introduce the possibility of a neutral third party making decisions that would bind both the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the City of Baltimore, and would therefore create an incentive for both parties to work cooperatively to reach an agreement before such arbitration would be needed; and

WHEREAS, At least thirty-five states have adopted the Uniform Arbitration Act as state law; and

WHEREAS, The Baltimore City Fire Unions (I.A.F.F. Local #734 and I.A.F.F. Local #964), as well as the professional police officers employed by Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, Howard County, and Ocean City, all have...