Resolution 10536CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 10536
APPROVING LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL
689, RELATIVE TO ARTICLE XXVII OF THE CITY CHARTER
REGARDING ARBITRATION
WHEREAS, the electorate of the City of Alameda adopted
a provision Governing arbitration which appears as Section XXVII
of the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda and the International Associ-
ation of Firefighters, Local 689 have met and conferred under
the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act concerning the validity of said
section; and
WHEREAS, the International Association of Firefighters,
Local 689 has voted by general membership to agree to a Letter
of Understanding, dated January 25, 1985 and attached hereto as
Exhibit "A";
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of Alameda that said Council approves and accepts the Letter of
Understanding between the International Association of Firefighters,
Local 689 and the City relative to Article XXVII of the City Charter
regarding arbitration and the City Manager is hereby authorized
to execute said Letter on behalf of the City.
CITY OF ALAMEDA • CALIFORNIA
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
The International Association of Firefighters, Local
689, and the City of Alameda hereby enter into this Letter of
Understanding:
1. Said parties agree that Article XXVII, in its
entirety, of the City Charter of the City of Alameda, as amended
in 1982, is valid and binding on said parties irrespective of the
California Supreme Court's opinion in "City of Seal Beach v. Seal
Beach Police Association," or any subsequent opinion consistent
therewith.
2. Firefighters shall dismiss any lawsuit challenging
the-validity of said Sections of the Charter on the basis of
"Seal Beach" or the theory of said case, with prejudice.
3. The parties also agree that if this
held unenforceable by a court of law that said Charter prov
shall apply to said parties until the next general election
the City of Alameda.
4. This agreement is entered into after meeting and
conferring as required by and under the authority of the Meyers -
Milias- Brown Act.
agreement is
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Dated January 25, 1985
APPROVED AND ACCEPTED
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 689
APPROVED AND ACCEPTED
CITY OF ALAMEDA
By
I, the unders_igned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 5th of February, 1985,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Gorman, Hanna, Lucas, Monsef and President Diament - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 6th day of February, 1985.