Common use of – Fiscal Crisis Clause in Contracts

– Fiscal Crisis. In the event during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding the City of Tempe experiences loss of revenues or legal requirements that if not resolved during the budget year would result in the layoff of City of Tempe UAEA unit members or the serious curtailment of services provided to the citizens of Tempe, this Memorandum of Understanding may be reopened. This provision shall only apply if the general population of City of Tempe employees is subject to the same or greater reduction of pay or benefits negotiated as a result of this reopened provision. The following provisions shall apply to this circumstance. 1. The City shall notify the chapter President in writing of the need to reopen this Memorandum of Understanding. Such notice shall include the reasons for the reopening and the anticipated amount of City-wide budget shortfalls that need to be resolved in order to alleviate the need to layoff City employees or severely curtail services provided to the citizens of Tempe. 2. The City shall supply the chapter President with all available current budget information including, but not limited to, projected revenue shortfalls. 3. The Parties shall meet and confer/negotiate in a good faith effort to reach agreement on what, if any, reduction in pay and/or benefits shall occur for Unit Members in order to address the City’s budget shortfall. 4. The meet and confer/negotiation process will be for a period of no less than 30 calendar days. During this 30-calendar day period, the Parties shall meet at least weekly unless mutually agreed otherwise. 5. If the Parties are unable to reach an agreement on the issues identified for this process, the issues will be submitted directly to the City Council, which shall make a final determination. The determination of the City Council shall be final and binding on the Parties.

– Fiscal Crisis. In the unlikely event during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding the City of Tempe experiences loss of revenues or legal requirements that if not resolved during the budget year would result in the layoff of City of Tempe UAEA SEIU unit members or the serious curtailment of services provided to the citizens of Tempe, this Memorandum of Understanding may be reopened. This provision shall only apply if the general population of City of Tempe employees is subject to the same or greater reduction of pay or benefits negotiated as a result of this reopened provision. The following provisions shall apply to this circumstance. 1. The City shall notify the chapter President in writing of the need to reopen this Memorandum of Understanding. Such notice shall include the reasons for the reopening and the anticipated amount of City-wide budget shortfalls that need to be resolved in order to alleviate the need to layoff City employees or severely curtail services provided to the citizens of Tempe. 2. The City shall supply the chapter President with all available current budget information including, but not limited to, projected revenue shortfalls. 3. The Parties shall meet and confer/negotiate in a good faith effort to reach agreement on what, if any, reduction in pay and/or benefits shall occur for Unit Members in order to address the City’s budget shortfall. 4. The meet and confer/negotiation process will be for a period of no less than 30 calendar days. During this 30-calendar day period, the Parties shall meet at least weekly unless mutually agreed otherwise. 5. If the Parties are unable to reach an agreement on the issues identified for this process, the issues will be submitted directly to the City Council, which shall make a final determination. The determination of the City Council shall be final and binding on the Parties.

– Fiscal Crisis. In the event during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding the City of Tempe experiences loss of revenues or legal requirements that if not resolved during the budget year would result in the layoff of City of Tempe UAEA SEIU unit members or the serious curtailment of services provided to the citizens of Tempe, this Memorandum of Understanding may be reopened. This provision shall only apply if the general population of City of Tempe employees is subject to the same or greater reduction of pay or benefits negotiated as a result of this reopened provision. The following provisions shall apply to this circumstance. 1. The City shall notify the chapter President in writing of the need to reopen this Memorandum of Understanding. Such notice shall include the reasons for the reopening and the anticipated amount of City-wide budget shortfalls that need to be resolved in order to alleviate the need to layoff City employees or severely curtail services provided to the citizens of Tempe. 2. The City shall supply the chapter President with all available current budget information including, but not limited to, projected revenue shortfalls. 3. The Parties shall meet and confer/negotiate in a good faith effort to reach agreement on what, if any, reduction in pay and/or benefits shall occur for Unit Members in order to address the City’s budget shortfall. 4. The meet and confer/negotiation process will be for a period of no less than 30 calendar days. During this 30-calendar day period, the Parties shall meet at least weekly unless mutually agreed otherwise. 5. If the Parties are unable to reach an agreement on the issues identified for this process, the issues will be submitted directly to the City Council, which shall make a final determination. The determination of the City Council shall be final and binding on the Parties.

– Fiscal Crisis. In the unlikely event during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding the City of Tempe experiences loss of revenues or legal requirements that if not resolved during the budget year would result in the layoff of City of Tempe UAEA SEIU unit members or the serious curtailment of services provided to the citizens of Tempe, this Memorandum of Understanding may be reopened. This provision shall only apply if the general population of City of Tempe employees is subject to the same or greater reduction of pay or benefits negotiated as a result of this reopened provision. The following provisions shall apply to this circumstance. 1. The City shall notify the chapter President in writing of the need to reopen this Memorandum of Understanding. Such notice shall include the reasons for the reopening and the anticipated amount of City-wide budget shortfalls that need to be resolved in order to alleviate the need to layoff City employees or severely curtail services provided to the citizens of Tempe. 2. The City shall supply the chapter President with all available current budget information including, but not limited to, projected revenue shortfalls. 3. The Parties shall meet and confer/negotiate in a good faith effort to reach agreement on what, if any, reduction in pay and/or benefits shall occur for Unit Members in order to address the City’s budget shortfall. 4. The meet and confer/negotiation process will be for a period of no less than 30 calendar days. During this 30-calendar day period, the Parties shall meet at least weekly unless mutually agreed otherwise. 5. If the Parties are unable to reach an agreement on the issues identified for this process, the issues will be submitted directly to the City Council, which shall make a final determination. The determination of the City Council shall be final and binding on the Parties.