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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
TO APPROVE A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, SALARY SCHEDULE AND WAGE ADJUSTMENT
WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and
WHEREAS, the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") received an interest arbitration award on June 13, 2019, pursuant to Section 14 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315/14, with respect to the wages, healthcare revisions and other terms and conditions of employment for the Police Officers of the Forest Preserves Police Department, all of whom are members of the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council (Police Officer Unit) collective bargaining unit; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned interest arbitration award includes all tentative agreements between the Forest Preserves and the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council (Police Officer Unit) which include, but are not limited to, revisions to various leaves and other terms and conditions of employment, for the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020; and
WHEREAS, all the terms decided upon by the interest arbitrator and contained in the interest arbitration award shall be submitted to a public employer's governing body for ratification and adoption by law, ordinance or the equivalent appropriate means. 5 ILCS 315/14(n); and
WHEREAS, the Forest Preserves of Cook County Board of Commissioners has twenty days from the date of the award to review each term decided by the arbitrator and reject any of the terms contained in the award by a specific vote to reject any of the award's terms by three-fifths (3/5) of its duly elected and qualified members. Id.; and
WHEREAS, if the Forest Preserves of Cook County Board of Commissioners does not consider any term of the award or reject any term of the award by a three-fifths (3/5) vote within twenty days of the award, the term(s) of the award shall...
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