File #: 2011-0494    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/5/2011 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 1/9/2012 Final action: 2/13/2012
Enactment date: 2/23/2012 Enactment #: 17262
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the adoption, amendment and repeal of labor policies and the maintenance of adopted labor policies; and amending Ordinance 12014, Section 55, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.050.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett, Reagan Dunn
Indexes: Labor
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17262.pdf, 2. 2011-0494 Staff report with attachments
Drafter
Clerk 12/01/2011
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the adoption, amendment and repeal of labor policies and the maintenance of adopted labor policies; and amending Ordinance 12014, Section 55, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.050.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. There currently is no explicit procedure for the adoption, amendment and repeal of labor policies or for the maintenance of adopted labor policies.
2. It would be helpful to adopt such a procedure.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 12014, Section 55, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.050 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The labor policy committee shall meet as it deems necessary to obtain the testimony of members of the public, the bargaining agent, bargaining representatives or their designees, county department management and others in order to consider such testimony in policy decisions before the committee ((but)). The labor policy committee shall not engage in bargaining with bargaining representatives or represented employees.
B. The labor policy committee shall provide an opportunity for bargaining representatives or their designees to address the ((policy)) committee ((prior to)) before the adoption of overall policy. Overall policy, and all amendments to adopted policies, shall be established only upon an affirmative vote by a majority of the members of the labor policy committee.
C. The bargaining agent shall recommend to the labor policy committee overall changes to adopted policies that would be required to implement the changes proposed in K.C.C. 3.16.055.D, and an overall estimate of the monetary value, if any, of these changes, including both costs and benefits.
D. The bargaining agent may seek further clarification of adopted policies from the labor policy committee at any time during the negotiations.
E. By June 30 of each year, the executive shall report to the labor policy committee regarding employment policies applicable to nonr...

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