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R-23-48 <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OF PUBLIC <br />EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS. <br />WHEREAS, effective May 1, 2021, Virginia Code § 40.1-57.2 vests the <br />governing body of a locality with the authority to pass a resolution or ordinance <br />establishing its policy concerning collective bargaining; and <br />WHEREAS, on July 20, 2023 the Portsmouth Professional Firefighters & <br />Paramedics Association, IAFF Local 539 formally submitted authorization cards, <br />representing a majority of public employees in a unit considered by employees to be <br />appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, namely Firefighters and Emergency <br />Medical Services personnel; and <br />WHEREAS, in accordance with § 40.1-57.2 the governing body of a locality <br />shall within 120 days of receiving certification from a majority of public employees in a <br />unit considered appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining take a vote to adopt <br />or not adopt an ordinance or resolution to provide for collective bargaining by such <br />public employees and any other public employees deemed appropriate by the governing <br />body; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia: <br />1. The City of Portsmouth will recognize labor unions or other employee <br />associations as a bargaining agent of public officers or employees and will allow <br />collective bargaining; and <br />2. That the scope, conditions, and terms of collective bargaining hereby <br />authorized shall be established by subsequent ordinance of City Council. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held <br />on November 14, 2023. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />