19701209 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
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MINl1l'ES OF AN ADJOUR.NED REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON HELD DECEMBER 9, 1970 AT TWO
O'CLOCK P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER
OF THE CITY HALL LOCATED AT 4305
SANTA FE AVENUE. VERNON. CALIFORNIA.
COUNCIL PRESENT: Anderson, Furlong, Mailliard, Malburg, Ybarra
COUNCIL ABSENT: None
The meeting was called to order by Mayor R. J. Furlong.
Interested employee representatives as well as all Depart-
ment Heads, or their authorized representatives, and Mr. Harry
Keaton, Special Counsel for the City of Vernon in Employer-Employee
relations matters, and Mr. Stephen H. Silver, Attorney for the
Vernon Firemen's Association, were in attendance.
Discussion was continued on the proposed Employer-Employee
Relations Resolution suggested by Special Counsel Harry Keaton.
It was moved by Ybarra, seconded by Mailliard, that six
(6) separate Employee Groups for Recognization be established in
Section 8B as follows:
(1) All employees in the Fire Department except manage-
ment and confidential employees;
(2) Fire Department management and confidential employees;
(3) All employees in the Police Department except manage-
ment and confidential employees;
(4) Police Department management and confidential
employees;
(5) All other employees except management and confidential
employees; and
(6) All other management and confidential employees.
Motion carried.
It was moved by Mailliard, seconded by Ybarra, that Fire
Captains and above be considered management; that Lieutenants and
above in the Police Department be considered management; and that
employees in the Public Works Department in the classifications as
listed below be considered management:
City Engineer
Civil Engineer
Traffic Engineer
Survey Party Chief
Public Works Coordinator
Foreman
Motion carried.
It was moved by Malburg, seconded by Ybarra, that Section
4E of Special Counsel Keaton's draft be amended to provide that
management employees may represent themselves in the meeting and
conferring process within management units. Motion carried.
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It was moved by Mai11iard, seconded by Anderson, that
Section 11 of the proposed draft be amended to add thereto that
rules and regulations relating to elections, sanctions or otherwise,
after proposal by the Municipal Employees Relations Officer, be
submitted to the City Council for approval. Motion carried.
It was moved by Malburg, seconded by Mail1iard, that
Section 12 be adopted as is and have added thereto the proviso that
all meeting and conferring be completed on or before May 31st of
each calendar year and any unresolved matters be referred at that
time to the City Council. Motion carried.
It was moved by Malburg, seconded by Mai11iard, that
Section 9 be adopted as proposed with the addition that the petition
for recognition be executed by any two authorized representatives
of an employee organization. Motion carried.
Section 13 of the proposed draft was discussed. Attorney
Stephen H. Silver commented on this section. It was moved by
Mailliard, seconded by Ybarra, that Section 13 of tbe proposal be
adopted substantially in the same form as presented. Motion carried.
It was moved by Malburg, seconded by Ybarra, that Section
lOA be changed to provide that the City Clerk shall certify that an
employee organization is recognized upon the recommendation of the
Municipal Employee Relations representative; and that Section lOA-2
be amended to provide that the written evidence must indicate that
the employee wishes the organization to represent him in matters
regarding wages, hours and working conditions. Motion carried.
It was moved by Ybarra, seconded by Mailliard, that
Section lOC-l be changed to effect the determination by the City
Council; and that Section lCC-2 be amended to provide that no
competing petition may be filed within two years from the date of
initial recognition and thereafter may only be filed during the
month of February of each calendar year; and that regardless of the
competing petition any memorandum of understanding previously agreed
to will remain in full force and effect for its term. Motion carried.
It was moved by Mai1liard, seconded by Ybarra, that the
City Attorney and Special Counsel Keaton be instructed to draft an
employer-employee resolution which incorporates the changes approved
by the City Council and substantially in accordance with the other
proposals suggested by Special Counsel Keaton, and that this
resolution be presented to the City Council for consideration and
adoption. Motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the meeting,
it was moved by Malburg, seconded by Ybarra, that the meeting
adjourn. Motion carried.
Attest:
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F. A. Ziemer, City Clerk-
Director of Finance