Any contract between the city and an employee organization, which contains provisions that result in expenditures greater than the amount, appropriated for wages and benefits in an adopted city budget for the initial fiscal year of the contract or which contains a multi-year commitment shall require the review and approval by the City Council. In order for any contract to be approved by the City Council, the City Council must approve the economic components of the contract through an executive communication and adopt a resolution providing an appropriation or deappropriation or both to cover the cost of the contract, such an appropriation must occur for each fiscal year covered by the contract. If an appropriation cannot be made during any particular year of a multi-year contract due to an economic downturn, the city and the effected bargaining unit must reopen bargaining for that fiscal year.
(Ord. 20-2002; Am. Ord. 2020-045; Am. Ord. 2021-019)