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e "'IIIl i8 I e 1 -I e 1 .e r ( 11 Ii .1 I; I: I; Adjourned meeting of the Common Council of the city of Eugene, Oregon was adjourned from the meeting :i of February 23, 1970 and called to order by His Honor Mayor Lester E. Anderson at 7:30 p.m. on I' I: February 24, 1970 in the McNutt Room of City Hall, wi t.h the following councilmen present: Mr. McDonald'~ il Dr. Purdy, Mr. Williams, Mrs. Hayward and Mr. Mohr; Councilmen BeaI, Teague and Gribskov were absent. I, Ii 'I I. Ii II II Ii II Ii I ii Ii i ~ i: It Ii I: I; II I' :1 II Ii " Ii I: II I: I, " I' ii i! I; II I: [' iI I' Ii " McNutt -Room Eugene, Oregon February 24, 1970 Members of the Employe Relations Committee present were, Chairman, Robert Fraser, Attorney; Eaton Conant, Assistant Director of Institulion of Industrial and Labor RelatiDBs, University ?f Oregon; Kenneth Tollenaar, Director, Bureau of Governmental Research, University of Oregon; John Boyer, Association of General Contractors. S. T. Ford, Assistant Director of Oregon Civil Service Commission was absent. 1. Initiative Petitions ~ The City Recorder reported that signatures on petitions circulated by the Future Power place the matter on the ballot. the City had, received 4640 certified Committee. This is sufficient to Council Bill No. 9097 - Ordering a special election for purpose of submitting to electors of City on May 26, 1970, concurrently with regular primary election for Lane County and State of Oregon amendments to the Charter of the city of Eugene proposed by initiative petition of the Electors, and adopting the polling places and using the clerks provided and appointed by Lane County for said election, and providing for all acts necessary for carrying on of said election, and declaring an. emergency was submitted and read in full. Mr. McDonald moved seconded only with unanimous consent second time by council bill by Dr. Purdy that the bill be read the second time by council bill number of the Council. 'Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the number only. Mr. McDonald moved seconded by council bill number only. council bill number only. by Dr. Purdy that the rules be suspended and the bill read the third time Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the third time by Mr. McDonald moved seconded by Dr. Purdy that the bill be approved and given final passage. Rollcall vote. All councilmen present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 15890. The City Attorney explained that the City Council has thirty days to take action on an initiative measure to put it on the ballot. Without this action, the measure would not go on the ballot for this election. In answer to Dr. Purdy's question, the City Attorney said it would be necessary to ~ass anotner ordinance if the firemen submit a petition for charter amendment. 2. Anderson explained that which would assist the The Committee had asked Report, Advisory Committee on Emplqyer-Employe Relations - Mayor this committee had been appointed some time ago to report facts Council to make decisions regarding employer-employe relations. to meet to exchange ideas and present an interim report. , , I I II Ii I' II I: I: I, Ii I: I: II II I: ., I: I' I: I' " II !i Mr. Robert Fraser, Chairman of the committee, said they had requested this meeting to report to the Council and perhaps put in perspective their thinking, and get clarifi- cation, particularly of the language of the Council which asked that the committee not make specific recommendations. The report submitted by the Committee was intended to be a foundation for discussion between the Council and the committee. Mr. Fraser read the report, which recommended that the City declare itself a "public employer" to bring itself under the State Public Employes Relations Board employe relations system. (PERB) The PERB could assist in determining which empl~ye groups would be formally recognized by the City,in fact finding and mediation if negotiations reached an impasse. The committee recommended procedures to combine new city rules with PERB rules. It antici- pated that a local ordinance would be enacted allowing for a procedural meshing and ultimate resolution of the impasse procedure. Consideration should be given to: a. Exchange of information on initial positions some weeks prior to opening negotiations. These negotiations should begin several months prior to deadline for resolutions in the City Budget. b. If either party declares that negotiations are deaalocked within an appropriate pe~iod of time, PERB would be asked to assist. A mediation committee could be appointed, which would mnclude one private citizen from Lane County. The committee could make non-binding recommendations for settlement to parties. It could arbitrate the dispute and return a decision before the end of two weeks. This decision would be binding upon the City Manager and the employe bargaining agent. However, it would not be binding upon the City Council. At that juncture the ~ouncil would have the option of accepting or rejecting the arbitratmDs decision on a yes or no basis. It would not have the option of approving or rejecting a de- cision in part, unless the arbitrator requested the city council to make such/appropriate decisions. The Committee requested that (a) The Council adopt "in principle9 the interim report with instructions to the committee to formalize its recommendations; (b) the City Attorney or his staff be instructed'to provide drafting assistance and such further legal assistance as might be required by the committee; (c) in event City Council adopted the report in principle, the Council should go on record as opposed to the present charter amendment proposed by the Eugene Firefighters Association, as an 2/24/70 - 1 ...