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To amend City Code ??2-1301.4, concerning the City's rights and authority, and 2-1301.14, concerning labor-management dispute and impasse resolution, to modify collective bargaining procedures.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That sections 2-1301.4 and 2-1301.14 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020) be and are hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2-1301.4. City's rights and authority.
(a) This division shall not be deemed in any way to limit or diminish the authority of the City to manage and direct the operations and activities of the City to the fullest extent authorized and permitted by law. Thus, unless the City elects to bargain regarding the following matters, the City retains exclusive rights:
(1) To determine the type and scope of work to be performed by City employees and the manner in which services are to be provided;
(2) To direct the work of employees;
(3) To (i) hire and classify all employees in accordance with applicable law; (ii) to [promote, transfer] assign day to day tasks, and schedule all employees, except that [the] a system for determining which employees will fill each schedule and procedures[related to such decisions] for determining who will fill job vacancies and promotions shall be negotiable; and (iii) to suspend, demote, discharge, or take other disciplinary action against employees for just cause in accordance with applicable law and regulations, except that procedures to challenge such decisions shall be negotiable to the extent consistent with state law;
(4) To relieve employees from duties by layoff or other reduction-in-force due to lack of work, budget limitations, changed working conditions or requirements or for other reasons in the City's reasonable business judgment and not prohibited by law, except that the implementation procedures to be followed, notice, and alternatives to layoff shall be negotiable;
(5) To contract for, expand, reduce, sell, transfer, convey, or eliminate particular operations ...
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