2006 New York Code - Meetings; Quorum; Vote Required; Public Hearings Prior To Adoption Of Rules.

 
    §  12-310  Meetings;  quorum;  vote required; public hearings prior to
  adoption of rules. a. Meetings of board of  collective  bargaining.  (1)
  The  board of collective bargaining shall hold special meetings upon the
  call of the director or the request of any two members.  Written  notice
  of all regular and special meetings, including agendas and amendments to
  agendas  shall  be  given  to  each  board  member,  including alternate
  members, not more than ten days nor less than one day prior to any  such
  meeting. A quorum shall consist of one city member, one labor member and
  one impartial member or of any four members.
    (2)  The board of collective bargaining, or such members thereof as it
  may designate, shall conduct meetings  between  representatives  of  the
  city   responsible  for  labor  relations  and  representatives  of  the
  municipal labor committee at least twice a year, and at such other times
  as the director determines. These meetings shall not take up  grievances
  or  negotiate  changes in wages, hours, or working conditions, but shall
  deal with problems of general application, including those  arising  out
  of  the  administration of the procedures set forth in this chapter. The
  director shall also from time to time convene similar  meetings  between
  representatives   of   particular   employers   and  certified  employee
  organizations.
    b. Meetings of board of  certification.  The  board  of  certification
  shall hold regular and special meetings upon the call of the chairperson
  or  of  the other two members, but shall meet at least ten times a year.
  Two members shall constitute a quorum.
    c. Vote required.  Except  as  otherwise  specifically  provided,  all
  actions,  determinations,  findings, and recommendations of the board of
  collective bargaining  and  the  board  of  certification  shall  be  by
  majority vote of members present and voting. In the absence of a city or
  labor  member,  or in the event of a vacancy, an alternate member of the
  board of collective bargaining may vote in the place and  stead  of  the
  member  for  whom  he or she is the alternate, or on account of whom the
  vacancy exists.
    d. Promulgation of rules. Rules and amendments to rules promulgated by
  the board of collective bargaining or the board of  certification  shall
  be in conformity with the requirements of chapter forty-five of the city
  charter.