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Clerk 12/01/2011
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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.
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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 nonrepresented employees.
F. By June 30 of each year, the prosecuting attorney shall, in conjunction with the executive, report to the labor policy committee on all pending litigation involving nonrepresented employees.
G. For the purpose of maintaining an effective collective bargaining process, the strategies and related information presented by the bargaining agent shall be maintained as confidential. In addition, proposed or adopted policies designated as confidential shall be considered policy formulation documents and be maintained as confidential and exempt from public disclosure as provided in RCW 42.56.280. The labor policy committee shall develop guidelines to assist in accomplishing such confidentiality.
H. Any councilmember may propose the adoption, amendment or repeal of any labor policy by filing with the clerk of the council a memorandum that includes the proposed policy. Any proposed amendment shall set forth the existing policy and show proposed changes as in the form required for ordinances by K.C.C. 1.24.075. The clerk shall provide a copy of the proposal to the executive, each councilmember and the lead staff for the labor policy committee. The proposal shall be designated by the councilmember either as public or as confidential pending action by the committee on the policy. Adopted policies may be designated as confidential by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the policy committee.
I. The clerk of the council shall maintain a compilation of adopted policies. The
clerk shall make publicly available all public policies, and shall maintain as confidential all labor policies designated as confidential policy formulation documents.