HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 80-31 ORDINANCE NO. J
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE
RETURNS OF THE REGULAR CITY ELECTION
WHICH WAS HELD ON THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL,
1980, TO DETERMINE WHO SHALL BE MAYOR,
COUNCILMEN FOR WARDS I, II, III, AND IV;
APPROVING OR REJECTING AN ORDINANCE AS
SET FORTH HEREIN; AND PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Beaumont,
in session duly called the regular city election to be held
on the 5th day of April, 1980, and the election returns of
the votes cast in said election were canvassed for the
following officials and the following proposition:
For the officer for the office of Mayor;
For the officer for the office of Councilman
for the lst Ward;
For the officer for the office of Councilman
for the 2nd Ward;
For the officer for the office of Councilman
for the 3rd Ward;
For the officer for the office of Councilman
for the 4th Ward;
For or against an ordinance to provide for
compulsory binding arbitration as a
method to resolve collective bargaining
impasses between the city and such
association;
WHEREAS, after duly canvassing said returns, the
City Council found that the votes cast at said election for
the several candidates for said offices and the proposition
were as follows:
For Mayor:
Maurice Meyers. . . . . . . . 11, 384
Richard F. Bianco. . . . . 749
Manuel Holloway, Jr. . . 1,522
For Councilman Ward No. 1:
Tom Combs, Jr. . . . . . . . . 7, 756
For Councilman Ward No. 2:
Marilyn S. Adams. . . . . . . . 2, 848
Elbert T. Dubose, Jr. . . . 1, 318
Evelyn M. Lord. . . . . . . . . . 6, 376
John M. Conway. . . . . . . . . . 1, 244
Ricardo Ramirez. . . . . . . . . 520
For Councilman Ward No. 3:
Calvin Williams . . . . . . . . . 8 , 609
For Councilman Ward No. 4:
G. W. "Wayne" Turner. . . . 6, 360
Patrick Boots. . . . . . . . . . . 2 , 098
Betty Hebert Guillory. . . 3, 706
Ordinance
For the Ordinance. . . . . . . 5,649
Against the Ordinance . . . 5, 275
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That the results of said regular City election be, and the
same are hereby, declared to have been as herein set out,
and the following named persons were elected to the following
offices:
For Mayor: Maurice Meyers
For Councilman for the 1st Ward: Tom Combs, Jr.
For Councilman for the 2nd Ward: Evelyn M. Lord
For Councilman for the 3rd Ward: Calvin Williams
For Councilman for the 4th Ward: G. W. "Wayne" Turner
Section 2.
That the following ordinance is hereby adopted:
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont and the Association
recognized as the exclusive bargaining agents for the Firefighters
engage in collective bargaining for the purpose of negotiating
agreements pertaining to wages, hours, and terms and conditions
of employment; and whereas the collective bargaining impasse
procedures are inadequate to resolve collective bargaining
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impasses; and whereas inadequacy-of said impasse procedures
causes considerable labor management conflict in the City of
Beaumont; and whereas all of this is working against the best
interest of the City and must be corrected.
NOW, THEREFORE, acting under the provisions of the
Beaumont City Charter, we, the following duly registered voters
residing within the corporate limits of the City of Beaumont,
Jefferson County, Texas do respectfully petition the Mayor and
City Council of Beaumont, that a referendum election of
qualified voters within the City of Beaumont to determine if
they approve or disapprove of the following:
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR COMPULSORY
BINDING ARBITRATION AS A METHOD TO
RESOLVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IMPASSES
BETWEEN THE CITY AND SUCH ASSOCIATION
Collective bargaining agreements between the City of Beaumont
and the Association recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent
for the Firefighters pursuant to Vernon' s Annotated Civil
Statutes of Texas, Article 5154c-1 et. seq. shall include the
following:
In the event that the City of Beaumont and the Association
have reached an impasse as defined under Vernon' s Annotated
Civil Statutes of Texas, Article 5154c-1, Section 9; and in
the event mediation invoked under Section 9 of said Article
has failed to resolve the impasse, or one of the parties
has refused to mediate; then the following impasse procedure
shall prevail:
1. Either party to the dispute, after written notice
to the other party containing specifications of
the issue or issues in dispute, may request arbi-
tration more than once during any fiscal year.
In the event that one party makes a request for
arbitration, then both parties shall submit all
issues in dispute to arbitration. The issues to
be submitted to arbitration shall be all matters
which the parties have been unable to resolve
through collective bargaining.
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2. Arbitration invoked under this Article shall be
conducted by the parties pursuant to the procedures,
duties, requirements and rights set forth in Vernon ' s
Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, Article 5154c-1,
Sections 9, 10, 11, 12 , 13, 14, and 15; except that
Vernon' s Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, Article
5154c-1, Section 10 (b) shall be specifically
excluded and not apply herein.
Section 3.
The City Council of the City of Beaumont further
finds that notice of said election was duly and properly given
as required by law and provided in the ordinance calling for
said election, and that said election was duly and regularly
held and returns thereof were duly and regularly made by the
proper officials of said election and in all things according
to law.
Section 4 .
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to a
particular person, or to a particular set of circumstances,
should for any reason be held invalid, such invalidity shall
in no way affect the remaining portions of this ordinance and
to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this the '" day of
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1980.
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