Title
Extension of Deadline for Submission of Proposed Union Agreements - For the purpose of postponing until Monday, July 9, 2018, the submission to the Mayor of proposed memoranda of understanding between employee organizations and the City of Annapolis.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Resolution 29-18
Introduced by: Mayor Buckley
Referred to
Rules and City Government Committee
A RESOLUTION concerning
Extension of Deadline for Submission of Proposed Union Agreements
FOR the purpose of postponing until Monday, July 9, 2018, the submission to the Mayor of proposed memoranda of understanding between employee organizations and the City of Annapolis.
WHEREAS, Section 3.32.060D of the Annapolis City Code directs submission of proposed memoranda of understanding of collective bargaining agreements to the Mayor by the third Monday of March prior to the beginning of a fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, continued good-faith negotiations have rendered conformity to this directive impossible; and
WHEREAS, the Maryland Court of Appeals has held that directive language enacted by a legislature may be read as permissive when binding upon the same body.
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the City Council waives the directive of Section 3.32.060D of the City Code and postpones the submission to the Mayor of any proposed union memoranda of understanding until July 9, 2018.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that this resolution shall take effect from the date of its passage.
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