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2. Absence from the city for 30 days without the council's consent or from all meetings of the council within a 30-day period, without the council's consent; 3. If a councilor, ceasing to reside in the ward from which elected; if the mayor, ceasing to reside in the city; 4. Ceasing to be qualified elector under state law; or 5. After election, conviction of an offense pertaining to the office. Section 25. Collective Bargaining. (1) City employees shall have the right to self-organization; to form, join, and assist labor organizations; and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. (2) The city manager shall bargain collectively on behalf of the city council with the representatives of city employees in an appropriate bargaining unit upon request of their certified bargaining agent. (3) The council shall prescribe by ordinance collective bargaining procedures to protect the city, the employees, and the public in general. In so doing, the council shall provide for: ( a) impartial ordinance administration and enforcement of the ordinance; (b) resolution of interest-impasse disputes; (c) as to employees who are employed in police or fire service, a binding award by a neutral third party resolving an interest-impasse dispute; (d) equal sharing of neutral third-party costs by parties to an interest-impasse dispute; (e) (f) (g) bargaining agreements. employee rights; employer rights; and procedural finality that does not obstruct funding of collective Section 26. Liability for Unauthorized Expenditures. (1) A city officer or employee who participates in, advises, consents to, or allows any tax, assessment, or other money of the city to be diverted to any purpose other than the one for which it is assessed, collected, raised, or levied is guilty of malfeasance in office and removable from the office or position therefor as provided by law. (2) Anyone holding, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, any void evidence of debt against the city shall have the right of a personal action against any and all members of the councilor the members of any department of the city who voted for, approved of, or directed its issuance. (3) If any tax, assessment, or other money is diverted from the purpose for which it is assessed, collected, raised, or levied; or if any money is unlawfully used; or if any void evidence of debt is paid, any qualified elector or taxpayer of the city shall have the right of a civil action, in the name of the city, against any officer or employee voting for, approving of, or in any way directing the diversion, unlawful use, or void payment, for the recovery of the amount, with interest, for the benefit of the city. Section 29. Attestation and Approval. Upon the adoption of an ordinance, [a bUG duplicatG Exhibit A - 4