A. The Council recognizes and affirms the unilateral right of each authorized employee organization to designate its representative(s) for meeting and conferring. The City Manager or his designee(s) shall serve as the City’s representative(s) in the meet and confer process. The City Manager or his designee(s) shall meet and confer solely with the duly designated representative(s) of authorized employee organizations, and representative(s) of authorized employee organizations shall meet and confer solely with the designated representative(s) of the City Manager. Any deviation from this procedure shall constitute an unfair employment relations practice.

B. On or before December 1 of any year in which meeting and conferring is authorized by this ordinance and the terms of memorandums of understanding in effect pursuant thereto, authorized employee organizations shall submit their proposed memorandum of understanding in writing to the City Manager or his designee, and shall file a copy thereof with the City Clerk as a public record.

C. Thereafter, on or before December 8, each authorized employee organization shall be afforded the opportunity to make a presentation regarding its proposed memorandum of understanding and information in support thereof to a meeting of the City Council.

D. At its next meeting, the City Council shall provide on its agenda an opportunity for public comment on the proposals of the authorized employee organization.

E. On or before January 5, the City’s designated representatives shall submit to the authorized employee organization the City’s written response to its proposals and shall concurrently file copies thereof with the City Clerk as a public record.

F. Upon agreement being reached on a memorandum of understanding between the representatives of the parties, it shall be immediately submitted to the City Council and the employee organization. If either the City Council or the employee organization fails to accept any part of the proposed memorandum of understanding, the entire memorandum is subject to renegotiation at the request of the City Manager or the authorized employee organization.

G. After the proposed memorandum of understanding has been approved by the authorized employee organization, it shall be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Phoenix. At the earliest practicable date thereafter the City Council of the City of Phoenix shall provide on its agenda an opportunity for public comment on the terms of the memorandum of understanding prior to the Council acting thereon.

H. In all cases where an authorized employee organization has not been certified prior to January 1, all meeting and conferring and impasse procedures on economic issues shall be concluded prior to the date set by the City Council for the tentative adoption of the annual budget for the following fiscal year. (Ord. No. G-1532, § 10; Ord. No. G-1754, § 8; Ord. No. G-1773, § 1; Ord. No. G-1885, § 1; Ord. No. G-3303, § 11)