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Cordova council adopts ordinance requiring council approval of collective bargaining agreements
Summary
The Cordova City Council adopted Ordinance 1 2 3 4 to amend municipal code so collective bargaining agreements must be approved by the council via resolution; the ordinance passed on its second reading by a 5-0 roll call vote.
The Cordova City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 1 2 3 4, amending Cordova Municipal Code 3.12.0.110 to require that collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) be approved by the full council through a resolution.
Mayor Smith moved adoption of the ordinance on second reading; the motion was seconded and brought to a roll-call vote. Clerk recorded affirmative votes from Aaron Hanson, Deborah Adams, Dave Zastrow, Wendy Rainey and Kathy Sherman; the motion carried 5-0.
Council members described the ordinance as primarily procedural. Mayor Smith said the change allows CBAs, which are public documents, to be approved in open session by resolution even though the underlying negotiations typically occur in executive session. The city’s practice of negotiating with counsel and the manager in executive session was noted during the discussion; the ordinance provides an explicit, public step for final approval.
The ordinance was presented as a second reading. No amendments were offered during the public session and no members of the public spoke in opposition during the hearing that preceded the vote.
The council’s adoption culminates the pending agenda item that had been on the council’s list for several years to increase public participation in the approval step for CBAs. The council did not announce a separate effective date during the meeting; further implementation steps, if any, were not specified on the record.
