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Firemen charge ...
City against charter change
1 The president of the Service Commissioners . look similar to the one meeting with city offieials . 'I
Englewood Firefighters ' propose~ by the city , since I
Assn . has charged city Morrow said Englewood both 1 n vol v e labor The possibility of a three-
officials with an attempt to firefighters were given relations ," Morrow said. man panel for arbitration of I
defeat the ·association 's three weeks to obtain the "We feel our amendment disputes was discussed , I
labor relations amendment necessary amount of should be judged on its Morrowsaid ,withmembers ·
by placing an alternate signatures-700-required own." . appointed as follows : one by I
proposal on the . Nov . 7 t.o place the proposed c·t M Sta l H the city , one by the fire I
ballot. amendment on the Sept. 12 ff ~ Y . d a~ager tnheyt th · department and a third by
ballot. , Ia sa1 , owever , a e mutual consent '. I
"The don't want to give it
a chance," Roger Morrow
said .
The amendment proposed
by the firefighters provides
for binding arbitration of
labor disputes -in
exchange for giving up the
right to strike. Disputes
would be settled by
members of the American
Board of Arbitrators rather
than city-appointed groups,
such as the Board of Career
But the city chose to
postpone the vote on the
amendment until Nov. 7.
They will submit their own
proposal to voters at this
time .
The result, Morrow said ,
will be to "muddy the
water" for the firefighters '
amendment by confusing
the voters.
P Qur amendment will
amendment was postponed
for consideration until According to the proposal J
November because turn-out discussed Morrow said
at the polls would be conclusio~s of the board
greater. that were unacceptable to_
"The more people there the firefighters . could be
are voting, the more appealed to a vote of the
representative the decision people .
will be," he said .
Although the city has not
made final judgment on its
proposal, Morrow said ideas
were presented for his
consideration at a recent
"We argued a number of
points, "Morrow said. "But
they ' (city officials)
admitted that we wouldn 't
be in favor of their
proposal."
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SENTINEL-.AUGUST31, 1972 -
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SENTINEL-AUGUST 10, 19n-JS
-It is-hereby declared to be the
public policy of the City .of
Englewood to accord to the
members of the fire department all
the rights of labor other than the
right to str.ike or organize in any
work stoppage, slowdown or mass
absenteeism . To provide for the .
exercise of these dghts, a method
or arbitration of disputes is hereby
established .
The establishment of this method
, of arbitration shall be deemed to be
a recognition of the necessity to
provide an alternative mode of
settling disputes where employees,
such as fire fighters, as a matter of
public policy are denied the right to
strike.
119:2 Definitions. As used in this
Article and its subparts , the
'following terms shall, unless the
context requires a difference
interpretation, have t~e following
meanings :
(a) The term "fire fighwrs" shall
mean the members of the fire
department of the City . of ,
Englewood .
( b J The term "corporate
authorities" shall mean the proper
officials with i n the City of
Englewood whose duty is to
establish the wages, salaries, rates
of pay, hours; working conditions,
and other terms and conditions of
, employment of fire fighters .
12'wide
Holly Sf eet, Be i'tevie~o Orchard,
clean, tac:k, and verl with 24' x
2" mat
Berry, Monaco to oily, clean,
'tack, and overlay l4' wi x 2" thick
Monaco, Orchard to1 Belleview,
clear, tack and ov rlay l ith 24' x 2"
mat 1 Berry ~oad, M naco to Quebec,
blade, shl!pe, pri e an pave with
2" x 24.' ~ide mat . Addl ional base course V,.ill be fur ished, if
necessar'I\'. .
Prentice from H lly to earney
Crestline fro K rney to
Monaco I
Powers from Ne port fo Quebec
Yosemite from B llevifw to Tufts
All Str~ts in Or~rd Hills
irst and fourth Filipg Seal Coat-
ng in Greenwood Hi s -All
>treets
Monaco l o Holly
Bellevie;v to Ore~' rd
All str s in Gre w~ Acres -'avlak(s~ixon Su ivisi~s >ACZV~ JOBS P IOR TY:
Long R<Jld, Jacks~to niversity
Orchar;;\' from Jae son Holly
Jackson, from ng Road to
119:3 Right to Organize · and
Bargain Collectively. The members
of the fire department shall have the
right to bargain collectively with the
City of Englewood and to be
represented by an employee
organization in such collective
bargaining as to wages , rates of
pay, hours, grievance procedure,
working conditions, and all other
terms and conditions of employ-
ment ..
119 :4 Recognition of Bargaining
Agent-Fire Fighters. The employee
organization selected by the
majority of the fire fighters, except
the Chief of the fire department in
the City of Englewood shall be
recognized by the City of Englewood
as the sole and exclusive agent for
all fire fighters, except the Chief of
the fire department, unless and until "
recognition of such labor
organization is withdrawn by a vote
of a majority of the fire fighters .
The Chief of the fire department
shall be recognized by the City of
Englewood as the sole and exclusive
bargaining agent for said Chief, and
he shall have the right to consult and
bargain with the proper corporate
authorities as to all conditions of his
employment, including his salary .
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entinel A
119:5 Obligation to Bargain. It
shall be the obligation of the City of
Englewood, acting through its
Herald corporate authorities, to meet and I
confer in good faith with .the
representatives of the respective
bargaining agents within ten ( 10)
IOTICE OF A MUNICIPAL
ELECTION
'OR A PROPOSED ANENDMENT
0 THE HOME RULE CHARTER
OF
THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD
COLORADO
NOTICE is hereby given that a
Aunicipal Election will be held in
he City of Englewood, County of
~rapahoe, State of Colorado, on
ruesday, November 7, 1972, to
:onsider a Proposed Amendment to
the Home Rule Charter of the City of
Englewood, Colorado, Article XI,
'(FIRE, POLICE and HEALtH
SERVICES -PROVISIONS FOR)
concerning the members of the Fire
Department, and relating to their
right to Organize and Bargain
Collecti .vely · with the City
Government, Providing for Binding
Arbitration of Labor Disputes
between the Fire Department and
the City Goverment; and denying to
members of said Department the
Right to Strike or Withhold
Services : The text of said Proposed
Amendment is published herewith
in full.
Said Election is called pursuant to
petition filed July 13, 1972, and
rticle XX of the Constitution of the
late of Colorado , and the
'Municipal Home Rule Act of 1971 )"
39-90 et. seq. '63 C.R .S. (1971 Perm .
umm .Supp .)
All qualified electors of the City
shall be entitled to vote on said
Proposed Amendment :
Polls shall be open from 7:00
o'clock A .M . to 7:00 o'clock P .M .
TEXT OF PROPOSED
CHARTER AMENDMENT
(a J That, effective immediately
pon adoption and legal publication
,f this Amendment, Article XI of the
:harter of the City of Englewood
hall be and the same is hereby
mended , by addition of the
ollowing new Sections to Article XI
f the Charter of the City of
nglewood, said new Sections to be
dded to read as follow-s:
119:1 Statement of Polley. The
rotection of the public health,
.afety and welfare demands that the
embers of the fire department not
accorded the right to strike or
ngage in any work stoppage,
lowdown, or mass absenteeism.
he necessary prohibition does not,
owever, require the denial to such
mployees of the City of Englewood
ther well-recognized r!ghts of
mployees, such as the right to
rganize, be represented by an
mployee organization of their
hoice, and the right to bargain
ollectively concerning wages, rates
~ pay, grievance procedure, and
1ther terms and conditions of
mployment. ·
days after receipt of written notice
from said bargaining agents of the
request for a meeting for collective
bargaining purposes . This
obligation shall include the duty to
cause any agreements resulting
from negotiations to be reduced to a
written contract, provided that any
such contract sha II not exceed the
terl)"I of one ( 1 J year .
119:6 Unresolved lss'lles
Submitted to Arbitration. In the
event that the respective bargaining
agents and the corporate authorities
are unable, within thirty (30) days
from and including the date of their
first meeting, or such additional
time as is mutually agreed upon by
the respective bargaining agent and
the corporate authorities, which
additional time, however, shall not
exceed ten ( 10) working days, to
reach agreement on a contract, any
and all unresolved issues shall be
submitted to arbitration . "
119:7 Arbltratlon .·Board -
Composition. Within five (5) days
from the expiration of the time
period referred to in Section 119 :6
hereof, the respective bargaining
agent or the corporate authorities
shall inform the American
Arbitration Association, or its
successor organization, that an
arbitration board is required . Within
ten ( 10) days thereafter, the
appropriate arbitration association
shall submit simultaneously to each
party an identical list of seveo (7)
persons as proposed members of the
·board . It shall have been previously
determined by the appropriate
arbitration association that the
proposed members of the board
shall be available and will accept
appointment as arbitrators within
the time period specified hereafter .
Within seven (7) days from the
mailing date of the list, each party
shall cross off two (2) names from
the list, and shall number the
remaining names i ndicating the
order of its preference and return
the list to the appropriate
arbitration association . If a party
does not return the list within the
time specified, all persons named
therein shall be deemed acceptable.
Within seven (7) days after the time
the list must be returned to the
appropriate arbitration association,
it shall do the following :
(1) From among the persons who
have been approved on both lists,
and in accordance with the
designated .order of mutual
preference, it shall appoint three (3)
arbitrators to serve .
(2) It shall select from among said
three (3) arbitrators a person as
Chairman .
(Continued on Pago 36) _.._
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agent to serve written notice of
request for collective bargaining on
the corporate authorities at least
one hundred forty ( 140) days before
the last day on which money can be
appropriated by the City of
Englewood to cover the contract
period which is the subject of the
collective barganining procedure;
provided, however, that the City of
Englewood and the bargaining agent
shall make all reasonable and
diligent efforts to cause a collective
bargaining contract to be made for
the calendar year immediately
following the year in which this
Charter Amendment is adopted .
119: 12 Interim Period Before
Collective Bargaining Contracts.
The provisions of Article XV of the
Charter of the City of Englewood,
and ordinances adopted thereunder,
shall remain in full force and effect
with respect to fire fighters until
such time as the terms and
provisions thereof are superseded ,
modified or changed by the terms of
a collective bargaining contract or
contracts; provided, however, that
such contract or contracts shall in
no way lessen, lower, diminish or
reduce the benefits, salaries or
other entitlements of fire fighters on
the date of the adoption of this
amendment . Any portion of a
collective bargaining contract th!lt
has the effect prohibited herein shall
be void.
119: 13 Employees. All fire fighters
in the employ of ·the City of
Englewood are hereby declared to
be employees and not officers of
the City of Englewood .
119: 14 Fire Department -Who
Shall ComPoH. (al The fire
department shall be composed of a
Chief of the fire department and
such other subordinate command
and supervisory ranks and other fire
fighters as may be necessary to
protect the City against fire.
(bl If any clause, sentence,
paragraph or part of this
Amendment or the application
thereof to any person or
circumstances shall for any reason
be adjudged by a court of competent
,lvrisdiction to be invalid, such
All c1oaers ~re aov•~"o 1v examine the site t become familiar
with all site1conditi ns .
Any questions r garding bids are
to be dire<: ed to he office of Isbill
Associates.ti nc ., f r interpretation .
Equal e1mplo ment rules as
established by te Secretary of
Labor on Equ I Employment
Oppo~nity as in orporated in the
"Contr"adt Ag eement" are
applicable 'io this roject.
No proposal ~ay be withdrawn
for a perjbjl of f rty·five (45) days
from the ,o~ning hereof .
The aw11rd o the contract is
subject to appro al of the Federal
Aviation Adminlsfration .
The award of ttie contract will be
based on the low bid for Part 11.
. The proi,ect yvi II be shown to
interested bidders at 1:30 P .M .,
MOT, Augu~t 15,p 972.
The Owner reserves the right to
wai e any I inf9rmality in, or to
rejec any or all bids .
The ropqsed contract is under
and suo c to Executive Order
11246 of Se erpber 24, 1965, and to
the equal o nunity clause, and
the Bidder ( oposer) must supply
all the inform~ ion required by the
bid or proposal f m.
"(1) Preaward qual Opportunity
Compliance Revle"'s.
Contracts ln E~ess of 550,000 .
Invitation 1.f!.. Bi~relating to contracts of ):)U,000 r more, notice
is hereby given tha a contractor
having 50 or more ployees and
his subcontractors aving 50 or
more employees an<i who may be
awarded a subcontra of S50,000 or
more will be required tq maintain an
affirmative action prog ~am .
"(2) compliance ReP41rts
Within 30 days after a'ward of this
contract, the Contracto ~ shall file a
compliance report (Starard Form
100) if :
(a) The contracto has not
submitted a complete Fompliance
report within 12 month~preceding
the date of award; and
(bl the coptractor is within the
definition of "empl yer" in
Paragraph l"'-of Appe Ix to the
instructions for Standard 15._o~m 100.
Arapahoe County, o;.olorado
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