Section 1170.
§ 1170. Office of collective bargaining; director. There shall be an
office of collective bargaining, the head of which shall be the director
of such office, who shall be the person holding the office of chairman
of the board of collective bargaining. The director may appoint, and at
pleasure remove, two deputies.
Section 1171.
§ 1171. Board of collective bargaining. There shall be in the office
of collective bargaining a board of collective bargaining, which shall
consist of seven members. Two members of the board shall be city
members, two members of the board shall be labor members, and three
members of the board, of whom one shall be chairman, shall be impartial
members. The mayor shall have the power to appoint the city members of
the board to serve at his pleasure, and the labor members of the board
from designations by the municipal labor committee. Each labor and city
member shall have an alternate, who shall be appointed and removed in
the same manner as the member for whom he is the alternate. The
chairman and other impartial members shall be elected by the unanimous
vote of the city and labor members, and shall serve for three year
terms, provided, that of the impartial members first elected, the
chairman shall serve for a term ending on January first, nineteen
hundred seventy, one member shall serve for a term ending on January
first nineteen hundred sixty-nine, and one member shall serve for a term
ending on January first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a labor member may not be
removed from the board except upon request of the municipal labor
committee, or except for cause, as hereinafter provided. Any member may
be removed for cause by a majority of the entire board, including at
least one city member and one labor member, after having been given a
copy of the charges against him and an opportunity to be heard in person
or by counsel in his defense upon not less than ten days' notice.
Vacancies in the office of a city member or a labor member shall be
filled in the same manner as herein provided for appointment. Vacancies
in the office of an impartial member occurring otherwise than by
expiration of term shall be filled by unanimous vote of the city and
labor members for the unexpired balance of the term.
Section 1172.
§ 1172. Board of certification. There shall be in the office of
collective bargaining a board of certification, which shall consist of
the impartial members of the board of collective bargaining. The
chairman of the board of certification shall be the person who is
chairman of the board of collective bargaining.
Section 1173.
§ 1173. Powers and duties. The office of collective bargaining, the
board of collective bargaining and the board of certification shall have
such powers and duties with respect to labor relations and collective
bargaining as shall be prescribed by law.
Section 1174.
§ 1174. Compensation. a. Board of collective bargaining; board of
certification; director. The city members and the labor members of the
board of collective bargaining and their alternates shall serve without
compensation. The director shall be salaried for his or her services as
director, chair of the board of collective bargaining, and chair of the
board of certification. The impartial members, excluding the director,
shall be paid a per diem fee to be determined by the city members and
labor members of the board of collective bargaining. The director and
all members of both such boards and their alternates shall be entitled
to receive reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties. Fifty per cent of the
salary, fees, and expenses provided for in this subdivision shall be
paid by the members of the Municipal Labor Committee, under rules and
regulations issued by the board of collective bargaining, which rules
may provide how such costs shall be distributed among such members.
b. Members of mediation and impasse panels; arbitrators. Members of
mediation and impasse panels, and arbitrators, shall be paid a per diem
fee to be determined by the board of collective bargaining, unless the
parties to the particular dispute shall have agreed to a different fee,
and shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of their duties. The public employer and public
employee organization which are parties to the particular negotiation or
grievance shall each pay fifty percent of such fees and expenses and
related expenses incidental to the handling of deadlocked negotiations
and unresolved grievances.
c. Appointment of counsel and attorneys. The director may appoint a
counsel and attorneys, who, at the direction of the board of
certification or the board of collective bargaining may appear for and
represent the office of collective bargaining or either of the aforesaid
boards in any legal proceeding.
Section 1175.
§ 1175. Publication of collective bargaining agreements. Not later
than sixty calendar days after the execution of a collective bargaining
agreement, a copy shall be published in the City Record together with a
statement by the mayor
(1) of the total costs and current and future budgetary and economic
consequences of the agreement and
(2) of the implications and likely impact of the agreement on the
efficient management of city agencies and the productivity of city
employees.
Section 1176.
§ 1176. Budgeting for agreements. a. So far as practicable, each
collective bargaining agreement covering city employees shall be
executed prior to the commencement of the fiscal year during which its
provisions shall first be in effect.
b. No part of any retroactive wage or salary settlement shall be
charged to the capital budget.
Section 1177.
§ 1177. Agency participation. The heads of city agencies or their
designated representatives shall participate in the development of the
city's position with respect to work rules and practices and other
matters affecting the management of each agency in advance of collective
bargaining negotiations affecting employees of an agency.
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