(A) (1) It is desired and deemed necessary to recognize the Fraternal Order of Police, Wyandotte Lodge 171, as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for the purpose of establishing salaries, wages, hours, and conditions of employment for all merit county police officers without, however, impasse arbitration.
(2) The County Sheriff and the Chief Deputy are excluded from this section. The bargaining unit of the Fraternal Order of Police, Wyandotte Lodge 171, shall contain only members who are merit employees of the county’s Police Department.
(B) (1) This section may be revoked by either the Board of Commissioners or the County Council for any reason at any regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Commissioners, or the County Council.
(2) However, the revoking body shall provide 30 days’ written notice of its intention to revoke this section to the Board of Commissioners, the County Council, the County Sheriff; the Fraternal Order of Police, Wyandotte Lodge 171, and the County Sheriff’s Merit Board.
(C) This section shall be in full force and effect upon passage, and that two copies of this section shall be forwarded to the County Auditor and to the State Secretary.
(Ord. 96-XII, passed 12-10-1996)