Ordinance - 1449ORDINANCE NO. 1449
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA AMENDING SECTIONS 2453, 2455 AND 2457 OF CHAPTER 4.5,
ARTICLE II, "EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS", OF THE WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE AND ORDINANCE NO. 1071.
• The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 2453 of Chapter 4.5 of Article II of the West
Covina Municipal Code, "Recognition of Employee Organizations", is amended to
read as follows:
Every employee organization that desires recognition shall
initially and annually, and not later than 30 days prior to the
expiration of the previous year's recognition, file with the City
Manager for transmission to -the Personnel Board a declaration signed
by its authorized officers. In the absence of a prior recognition,
a declaration shall be filed in July. Such declaration shall be
signed by the authorized officers containing:
a. The name and mailing address of the organization.
b. The names and titles of its officers.
c. The names of the representatives of the organization who
are authorized to speak on behalf of its City members.
d. A statement that the organization includes City employees
who are members and who have designated the organization to repre-
sent them and specifies the total number of such employees.
• e. If applicable, a designation of the job classifications or
titles of those employees in a proposed representation unit which
the employee organization claims to be appropriate and the number of
member employees therein. The organization shall request that the
Personnel Board and the City Council recognize the employee organiza-
tion as the majority representatives of the employees in the unit
claimed to be appropriate.
The Personnel Board may, subject to the approval of the
City Manager and the City Council, order that an independent auditor
be used and compensated by the City to determine from the records of
the employee organization the actual number of employees included in
the proposed representation unit who are members of the employee
organization. If any employee organization desiring recognition
denies the independent auditor access to its records, the Personnel
Board shall report to the City Manager and City Council the number
of members of the organization whose dues are collected by payroll
deduction. This number will then be considered the official member-
ship in the employee organization until such time as the employee
organization supplies the necessary information through the indepen-
dent auditor.
f. A statement whether the organization is a Chapter, or Local
of, or affiliated with, a regional, state, national or international
organization, and if so, the name and address of each such affiliated
• organization. The statement shall also include the names of all other
cities within the County of Los Angeles in which the organization has
been recognized for the purpose of representing employees of the City
with respect to salaries, wages and working conditions.
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g. A statement that the organization has, as one of its
primary purposes, representation of City employees in their employee
relations with the City. Certified copies of the organization's
constitution and bylaws or any other documents which verify this
purpose shall be included as a part of the declaration..
• h. A designation of those persons not exceeding two in
number and their addresses to whom notice sent by regular United
States mail will be deemed sufficient notice to the organization for
any purpose.
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i. A statement that the employee organization recognizes that
the provisions of Section 923 of the Labor Code are not applicable
to City employees.
SECTION 2. That Section 2455 of Chapter 4.5 of Article II of the
West Covina Municipal Code, "List of Recognized Employee Organizations", is amended
to read as follows:
The City Clerk shall maintain a current list of recognized
employee organizations. Recognition shall be effective for twelve
(12) months following the date of official action by the City Council.
SECTION 3. That Section 2457 of Chapter 4.5 of Article II of the West
Covina Municipal Code, "City Representative", is amended to read as follows:
In addition to his other duties, it shall be the duty of the
City Manager to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith
with representatives of recognized employee organizations regarding
wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.
Meetings with respect to wages, hours, and employee benefits
constituting a part of compensation shall commence not later than
150 days prior to the expiration of any Memorandum of Understanding.
In the absence of a Memorandum of Understanding such meetings shall
commence not later than August 1 of the year.
SECTION 4. That all remaining sections of Chapter 4.5, Article II, of
the West Covina Municipal Code and Ordinance No. 1071 remain unchanged.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance
and shall cause the same to be published as required by law.
ATTEST:
Passed and approved this 13th day of August , 1979
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
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I, YVONNE P. CALMES, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1449 was regularly introduced and
placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the
23rd day of July , 1979. That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly
adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 13th day of
August , 1979, by the following vote, to wit:
. AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Tice, Shearer, Browne, Chappell
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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W/O City Clerk
C E R T I F I C A T I O N
-� State of California. )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City` of West Covina )
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., Sta.te of California., do hereby certify
that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No.1449
wa.s published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina.
Tribune, a. newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of West Covina..
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Dated 9/10/79
Ja.n Berry, Deput City Clerk
City of West Covina., California.
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