(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the Public Authority Board shall adopt such personnel and labor relations rules and regulations as it deems necessary or appropriate and are consistent with Federal, State and local laws and regulations.
(b) Due to the special and critical health-care services provided through the IHSS program, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors hereby finds that any interruption of such services would pose an imminent threat to the health and safety of the recipients of IHSS services and to the community. In order to minimize the likelihood of such interruption and thereby protect the health and safety and to promote harmony and productive labor relations between the Public Authority and any labor organization which seeks to represent or represents IHSS providers or Public Authority personnel:
(1) The Public Authority shall have a non-strike clause in any and all collective bargaining agreements with IHSS providers and with personnel of the Public Authority. The non-strike clause shall continue at least one year beyond the other provisions of any and all collective bargaining agreements.
(2) Any collective bargaining agreement reached between the Public Authority and any labor organization certified to represent IHSS providers shall be subject to the limitations of this Article, and to ratification in its entirety (i.e., all provisions of such agreements shall be subject to the same vote) by a simple majority of the votes cast in a ballot in which all providers, as defined by the Public Authority Board, shall be eligible to participate. Final adoption of any such agreement shall be by a simple majority vote of the Public Authority Board. (§ 1, Ord. 1270, eff. September 27, 2001)