1992-07-31 Special CC MeetingSPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
JULY 31, 1992
The meeting convened at 5:40 p.m. with Vice Mayor Lucas presiding.
ROLL CALL - Present: Councilmembers Arnerich, Camicia, Roth, and
Acting President Lucas - 4.
(Councilmember Camicia arrived at 5:47 p.m.]
Absent: President Withrow - 1.
92-556 Report from Personnel Director Pertaining to the Impasse
Procedures to be Used for Settlement of the Dispute with the
Firefighters Regarding the City's Proposed Ballot Measure on Binding
Arbitration for Firefighters and Voter Approval of Such Binding
Arbitration Awards.
Acting President Lucas stated the purpose of the meeting is to decide
on an Impasse procedure to resolve this matter; the Impasse
procedures are Mediation (or Conciliation), Determination by Council
following a hearing on the merits of the dispute, or as ordered by the
Council; staff recommends Council make final determination after a
special hearing; to meet Election Code deadlines for placing this
issue on the November ballot, staff recommends against mediation or
other dispute-resolving procedure; time is of the essence; if
Council agrees with Staff's position, Council should set Monday,
August 3, 1992 at 5:30 p.m. as a special hearing.
The Personnel Director summarized her report, stating that the
Firefighters' representatives and City's representatives met a number
of times discussing the language for the Ballot Measure, positions are
significantly different and at the last negotiating meeting held
Monday, July 27, 1992, the City declared an Impasse; staff recommends
scheduling a hearing Monday at 5:30 p.m. to enable Council, at its
Regular Meeting on August 4th, to consider a resolution to place the
Measure on the ballot.
Chris Reilly, Alameda Firefighters Association, stated although
Council and City's negotiating team have known about Firefighters'
initiative since April, Firefighters did not hear about
counter-measure until late July, and some major issues are still
outstanding; the Firefighters' negotiating team has requested, but
has not received from the City's negotiating team, definitions of some
key items; Firefighters want fair and impartial procedure to resolve
differences; a mediation procedure is provided in the staff report
and a nuetral third party could provide new ideas and facilitate
getting answers to questions Firefighters raised; Firefighters'
position is to have a neutral process, mediation, at this point to
resolve some questions.
Councilmember Camicia moved the hearing be held Monday (5:30 p.m.,
August 3, 1992). Councilmember Roth seconded the motion which carried
by unanimous voice vote - 4.
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ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Council, Acting
President Lucas adjourned the meeting at 5:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
DI E B. FELSCH, CMC
Ci Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in advance in accordance with
the Brown Act.
July 31, 1992