(A) During a MOU, if the City Manager determines that revenues are less than expected or expenditures are greater than expected, and, as a result, the City Manager is considering proposing changes to City expenditures in response to projected shortfalls, and those changes to City expenditures would directly affect provisions contained in an existing MOU, the City Manager may give notice to the Certified Employee Organization of his intention to reopen the MOU.

(B) The City Manager will provide as much notice of the reasons for reopening the MOU as is feasible given all of the circumstances then existing, in an effort to provide the Certified Employee Organization’s representatives an opportunity to discuss potential changes to the MOU before they are presented to the City Council. The City Manager or designee and the Certified Employee Organizations will attempt to agree on changes to the MOU before proposals are presented to the City Council.

(C) This provision shall not limit the City Manager’s authority or right to manage the City budget or enact cost savings measures consistent with his grant of authority for budgetary matters not directly required by the then existing MOU. (Ord. 11-1249, passed 10-24-2011; Am. Ord. 22-1558, passed 9-26-2022)