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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-07-13 CSB MINUTESCAREER SERVICE BOARD MINUTES July 13, 1995 The Career Service Board's Public Hearing on the proposed Charter amendments opened at 6:55 in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. Present: Members Yaklich, Fleenor, Kerzic, Perry-Smith and Turner The Chairman opened the meeting for comments by City representatives. Doug Clark, City Manager, spoke on the reasons the City supported the amendments. Attached is a copy of his statement. Also supporting the proposed amendments were Tom Daugherty, a representative of AFSCME, which covers non-emergency employees, and Mike Grunninger, President of the Englewood Firefighters Association. They both emphasized that binding arbitration was something they wholeheartedly wanted, and agreed that the proposal would provide expertise and cost cutting. The Board questioned the likelihood that costs would really be reduced, noted that the associations in the past campaigned for modifications rather than "either I or" choices and noted that in Stan Damas it had access to a specialist in labor relations. After questions and discussions, the Board agreed that, if the associations and the City were agreed on the amendments, it would send the following to City Council: The Career Service Board considered Council Bill 38 proposing amendments to the Charter Section concerning the Career Service System at a hearing last evening. They adopted the following recommendations to the City Council to aid in consideration of the proposed Charter amendments. 1. The Board generally supports the concept of binding arbitration and the Charter amendments recommended by the City and the employee groups . 2. The Board recommends re-wording Section 138:5 of the Charter amendment to require that hearing officer decisions be final and binding. 3. The Board recommends the elimination of the Career Service Board, and that the four remaining duties reserved to the Board in the current version be taken over by an as-needed ad hoc citizen board. Career Service Board Minutes July 13, 1995 Page2 4. Due to testimony at this meeting of July 13, and due to the fact all the remaining duties of the Career Service Board might occur once a decade, the Board recommends that the Council carefully examine the actual relative costs of the current and proposed systems, as no substantial testimony was provided at the hearing. 5. The Board strongly believes that the Charter changes will cause a loss of citizen participation in government. 6. The Board recommends the following points be covered in the Ballot Question, and suggests the following wording for it: "Shall the Horne Rule Charter of the City of Englewood be amended to modify the process for negotiations with employee groups to provide for binding arbitration of negotiation impasses and to refer the powers currently exercised by the Career Service Board to Hearing Officers selected as provided by Ordinance for the purpose of reducing costs, introducing additional expertise in employment matters and thus eliminating the current Career Service Board by repealing Sections 137:5 -Subjects for Collective Bargaining, 137:6 -Impasse Resolution, 138:1 -Career Service System, 138:4 -Duties And Powers Of The Career Service Board and 138:5 -Effective Date - Vested Rights of Article XV and reenacting Sections 137:5 -Subjects for Collective Bargaining, 137:6 -Impasse Resolution, 138 :1 -Career Service System, 138:4 -Duties And Powers Of The Career Service Board and 138:5 -Hearings Under Career Service System."