Current Contract Language
Article 34 - Term of Agreement
Article 34 - Term of Agreement
A. This Agreement shall be effective July 1, 2004, shall be binding upon the Board, the Council, and their members, and shall remain in full force and effect through June 30, 2008.
B. The parties acknowledge that during the negotiations which resulted in this Agreement, each had the unlimited right and opportunity to make demands and proposals with respect to any subject or matter appropriate for collective bargaining, and that the understandings and agreements arrived at by the parties after the exercise of that right and opportunity are set forth in this Agreement. Therefore, the Board and the Council, for the life of this Agreement, each voluntarily and unqualifiedly waives the right and each agrees that the other shall not be obligated to bargain collectively with respect to any subject matter, even though such subjects or matters may not have been within the knowledge or contemplation of either or both of the parties at the time that they negotiated or signed this Agreement. All terms and conditions of employment not covered by this Agreement shall continue to be subject to the Board s direction and control, subject to any bargaining required by law.
C. This Agreement shall automatically be renewed from year to year and shall be binding for additional periods of one year unless either the Board or the Council gives written notice to the other not later than December 31 prior to the expiration of the Agreement of its desire to modify the Agreement for a successive term or to terminate the Agreement.
