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CITY OF GAINESVILLE v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL NO. 2157, GAINESVILLE PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, INC. (B)
recommendation
The City Commission authorize the City Attorney to represent the City in the case styled: City of Gainesville v. International Association of Fire Fighters, Local No. 2157, Gainesville Professional Firefighters, Inc., Case No. SM-2013-038.
explanation
Collective bargaining negotiations between the City of Gainesville and the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local No. 2157, Gainesville Professional Firefighters, Inc. (IAFF) have reached an impasse. A request has been made by the City to the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) for an appointment of a special magistrate to begin the impasse resolution process pursuant to Florida Statute Section 447.403(2)(a).
Once PERC appoints a special magistrate, the special magistrate will hold hearings to define the areas of dispute, determine facts relating to the dispute, and render a decision on any and all unresolved contract issues. Within 15 days after the close of the final hearing, the special magistrate is required to issue a recommended decision to PERC and the parties. Each recommendation of the special magistrate is deemed approved by both parties unless specifically rejected in writing by either party within 20 days after the party received the recommended decision.
If either party does not accept, in whole or in part, the recommended decision of the special magistrate, the City Manager will submit a copy of the special magistrate's findings of fact and recommended decision to the City Commission within 10 days after the rejection. The parties are required to submit their recommendations for settling the disputed impasse issues to the City Commission. The City Commission is then required to conduct a public hearing at which the parties must explain their positions with respect to the rejected recommendations of the special magist...
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