File #: 2011-0106    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/7/2011 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 11/14/2011
Enactment date: 11/22/2011 Enactment #: 17233
Title: 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.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett, Bob Ferguson, Jane Hague, Julia Patterson, Kathy Lambert, Pete von Reichbauer
Indexes: Collective Bargaining, Executive, Public Safety, Sheriff
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17233.pdf, 2. 2011-0106 transmittal letter.doc, 3. 2011-0106 Staff report with attachments doc, 4. 2011-0106 Corrected staff report with attachments, 5. 2011-0106 Striking Amendment S1 - rev 2011-11-06, 6. 2011-0106 Title Amendment T1, 7. 2011-0106 Revised staff report
Staff: Wagner, Nick
Drafter
Clerk 11/09/2011
Title
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.
Body
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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