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Council seeks county-attorney legal opinion after executive says it cannot mandate LPAs in prior Marriott talks
Summary
Committee members pressed the executive branch about past negotiations and asked for a formal county-attorney opinion after the executive said it lacked authority to require labor peace agreements in negotiations with Marriott.
Several councilmembers challenged the executive branch’s public explanation that it lacked authority to require LPAs in past negotiations with Marriott and asked for a formal legal opinion from the county attorney's office.
Council members said they were not informed about certain negotiations and that the executive’s position — that it could not mandate an LPA without legislation — required formal documentation. "What we are asking for as a body is the legal opinion from the county attorney's office to understand... why the county executive did not have the authority to require an LPA," the council president said. Mr. Hartman Espada repeated that the administration had been advised by the county attorney that it did not have the authority to mandate an LPA and that until the bill passes the executive lacks that mechanism.
Committee members requested that the county executive provide the county-attorney opinion and clearer descriptions of what negotiation authority the executive currently possesses before the bill goes to the full council.
