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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this chapter, “civic openness in negotiations ordinance” or “COIN ordinance” means an ordinance adopted by a city, county, city and county, or special district that requires any of the following as a part of any collective bargaining process undertaken pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code):
(a) The preparation of an independent economic analysis describing the fiscal costs of benefit and pay components currently provided to members of a recognized employee organization, as defined in Section 3501 of the Government Code.
(b) The completion of the independent economic analysis prior to the presentation of an opening proposal by the public employer.
(c) Availability for review by the public of the independent economic analysis before presentation of an opening proposal by the public employer.
(d) Updating of the independent economic analysis to reflect the annual or cumulative costs of each proposal made by the public employer or recognized employee organization.
(e) Updating of the independent economic analysis to reflect any absolute amount or change from the current actuarially computed unfunded liability associated with the pension or postretirement health benefits.
(f) The report from a closed session of a meeting of the public employer's governing body of offers, counteroffers, or supposals made by the public employer or the recognized employee organization and communicated during that closed session.
(g) The report from a closed session of a meeting of the public employer's governing body of any list of names of persons in attendance during any negotiations session, the date of the session, the length of the session, the location of the session, or pertinent facts regarding the negotiations that occurred during a session.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Public Contract Code - PCC § 22176 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/public-contract-code/pcc-sect-22176/
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