Res 2023-034 Consider approval of Resolution 2023-35R, providing for repeal of the Meet and Confer agreement between the San Marcos Police Officers’ Association and the City of San Marcos

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RESOLUTION NO.2023-34R A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN - MARCOS, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SAN MARCOS POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATIONAND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2022; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Recitals: 1. On September 6, 2022 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-203R to ratify and approve a Meet and Confer Agreement with the San Marcos Police Officers' Association concerning wages,salaries,rates of pay,hours of work and other terms of employment(the"Meet and Confer Agreement") 2. On November 2, 2022 a petition was filed in the office of Elizabeth Trevino, City Clerk, calling for the repeal of the Meet and Confer Agreement. 3, The City Clerk reviewed the signatures affixed to the petition and presented the results of her review to the city council at its regular meeting on January 3, 2023. She found the petition to contain the signatures of at least 383 voters, which represents at least 10% of the number of voters who voted in the election for city council offices in the November 2021 general election and she certified petition to be valid. 4. Texas Local Government Code,Section 142.066 (b),requires the governing body of a municipality that receives a valid petition for repeal of a meet and confer agreement to either repeal the agreement or call an election to determine whether to repeal the agreement. 5. The San Marcos City Council hereby determines that it would be in the best interest of the city and the San Marcos Police Officers' Association to allow up to 120 days for good faith negotiations of a replacement agreement to occur before the repeal of the current Meet and Confer Agreement becomes effective. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: Part 1. The Meet and Confer Agreement with the San Marcos Police Officers'Association that was ratified by the San Marcos City Council by Resolution No. 2022-203R on September 6, 2022 shall, hereby, be repealed and deemed void on June 7, 2023 or the date a replacement agreement, if any,is considered and ratified by the San Marcos City Council,whichever is sooner.