The City Management Representative and representatives of recognized employee organizations, shall have the mutual obligation personally to meet and confer in order to exchange freely information, opinions and proposals and to endeavor to reach agreement on matters within the scope of representation. Nothing herein precludes the use of any impasse procedure authorized by law whenever an agreement is not reached during the meeting and conferring process and the use of such impasse procedure is mutually agreed upon by the City Management Representative and a recognized employee organization.
The City Management Representative shall not be required to meet and confer in good faith on any subject preempted by Federal or State law or by the City Charter nor shall he or she be required to meet and confer in good faith on city management or employee rights as defined in Sections 1.06.040 and 1.06.050. Proposed amendments to this chapter are excluded from the scope of meeting and conferring. (Ord. 3040 § 1 (part); May 16, 1972; Ord. 5774, § 39; July 24, 2001.)