(A) It shall be the obligation of the city to meet and bargain in good faith with the representative(s) of the bargaining unit within five days after receipt of written request for a meeting for collective bargaining purposes. Notices for collective bargaining shall be given to the city by service upon the Controller and presiding officer of the City Council. The obligation to bargain in good faith shall include the duty to cause any agreement resulting from such negotiations to be reduced to writing. A contract may contain a grievance procedure culminating in final and binding arbitration on unresolved grievances, but such binding arbitration shall have no power to amend, add to, subtract from or supplement provisions of the contract.
(B) The person(s) designated by the Mayor to represent the city are hereby authorized to conductall negotiations. Persons so designated shall not be elected government officials.
(C) The Mayor shall meet with the Common Council prior to negotiations to gain suggestions from the members of Council as to items to be considered at the bargaining table. The Mayor shall inform the Common Council at regular intervals of the progress of negotiations.
('74 Code, § 20-122) (Ord. S-156-78, passed 9-12-78; Am. Ord. G-15-04, passed 8-10-04)