File #: 2010-0329    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Lapsed
File created: 6/1/2010 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 2/1/2011
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE proposing to amend Section 890 of the King County Charter, to make the requirement of a collective bargaining ordinance mandatory, to require the ordinance to provide for effective participation in bargaining by separately elected department heads, to require consultation between the county executive and separately elected officials regarding language controlling working conditions before such language is included in collective bargaining negotiations, to provide for a process for resolving disagreements about such language; and submitting the proposed amendment to the voters of the county for their ratification or rejection at the November 2010 general election.
Sponsors: Jane Hague
Indexes: Charter
Attachments: 1. 2009-0396 & 2010-0329 Staff report 2010-06-02 with attachments
Staff: Nick Wagner and Rebecha Cusack
Drafter
Clerk 05/27/2010
Title
AN ORDINANCE proposing to amend Section 890 of the King County Charter, to make the requirement of a collective bargaining ordinance mandatory, to require the ordinance to provide for effective participation in bargaining by separately elected department heads, to require consultation between the county executive and separately elected officials regarding language controlling working conditions before such language is included in collective bargaining negotiations, to provide for a process for resolving disagreements about such language; and submitting the proposed amendment to the voters of the county for their ratification or rejection at the November 2010 general election.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. There shall be submitted to the qualified voters of King County for their approval and ratification or rejection, at the next general election to be held in this county occurring more than forty-five days after the enactment of this ordinance, an amendment to Section 890 of the King County Charter, as set forth herein:
Section 890. Employee Representation.
The county council ((may)) shall enact an ordinance providing for collective bargaining by the county with county employees covered by the personnel system. If an ordinance providing for collective bargaining is enacted, it shall not be subject to the veto power of the county executive; and it shall designate the county executive as the bargain­ing agent of the county. Any such ordinance shall provide for the effective participation in bargaining by those separately elected officials who head departments that are subject to this charter. Language controlling working conditions, including work rules, shift schedules, discipline and termination, in any collective bargaining agreement covering employees of such a separately elected county official must be consented to by that official prior to the bargaining agent agreeing to the language, ...

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