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Clerk 11/09/2011
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AN ORDINANCE establishing a process of consultation and collaboration between the executive and the sheriff regarding collective bargaining negotiations concerning employees of the department of public safety; and amending Ordinance 197, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.16.010 and Ordinance 10631, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.015.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. In November of 2010 the voters of King County approved a charter amendment, placed on the ballot by Ordinance 16900, designating the King County sheriff as the county's bargaining agent on all department of public safety matters except for compensation and benefits.
B. Ordinance 16900 provided that, if the charter amendment were approved by the voters, the sheriff and the county executive were to submit to the council, within ninety days after certification that the charter amendment had been approved, a joint proposal for legislation establishing a process of consultation and collaboration between the executive and the sheriff in advance of collective bargaining negotiations. Ordinance 16900 also set several requirement for the process to be established by the legislation.
C. In accordance with Ordinance 16900, the executive and the sheriff submitted to the council a joint legislative proposal establishing a process of consultation and collaboration between the executive and the sheriff in advance of collective bargaining negotiations.
D. Having considered the joint proposal and the issues that it addresses, and having consulted and reached agreement with the executive and the sheriff about certain changes in the joint proposal, the council hereby approves and adopts the process of consultation and collaboration between the executive and the sheriff that is set forth in this ordinance.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 197, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.16.010 are hereby amended to read as follows:
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