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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. Page Two 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. • 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 ) r- Page Three 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 is • 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.. • Dated 9/10/79 Ja.n Berry, Deput City Clerk City of West Covina., California. •