(a) The power and authority of the City to enter into memorandum agreements with City employees represented by a recognized employee organization shall be vested in the Governing Body. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no memorandum of agreement between the City and a recognized employee organization shall be valid unless the agreement is approved by the Governing Body and signed by the City Manager.

(b) The City Manager or designee shall represent the City as head of the negotiating team when collectively bargaining with a recognized employee organization. The City Manager or designee shall negotiate all terms and provisions of a memorandum agreement and may reach a tentative agreement on those terms and provisions with a recognized employee organization.

(c) If a tentative agreement is reached between the City and the recognized employee organization, a memorandum agreement will be prepared within 14 days and presented to the Governing Body for approval. The Governing Body, as soon as practicable after receiving a report from the Director of Administrative and Financial Services on the fiscal effect the terms of such memorandum agreement will have upon the City, shall consider the memorandum agreement and take appropriate action.

(d) The Governing Body shall take appropriate action to implement the memorandum agreement. If the Governing Body rejects a proposed memorandum agreement, the matter shall be returned to the City negotiating team and the employee organization for further deliberation. (Ord. 20206 § 16, 9-10-19; Ord. 20088 § 2, 10-17-17. Formerly 2.25.020.)