Police Contract Vote

In answer to a question from an anonymous writer on the voting on the Police contract, see the comment on Police Contract Reprise of November 24, a note of explanation. There were two resolutions, 35-2009 to Adopt the Agreement with the FOP, and 36-2009 to Reject the Agreement with the FOP. Each resolution required five votes to pass as they both were proposed as emergency resolutions.
On Resolution 35-2009 the vote to Accept the contract the Police requested, the vote was three Against Acceptance, Sandy Cox, Winnie Walker, and Bob Conner, and four For Acceptance, Jim Locker, Colleen Espenschied, Darin Lautenschleger, and Rob Maurer.
On Resolution 36-2009 the vote to Reject the contract the Police requested, the vote to Reject was four in Favor of Rejection, Sandy Cox, Bob Conner, Jim Locker, and Winnie Walker, and three Against Rejection, Colleen Espenschied, Darrin Lautenschleger, and Rob Maurer.
As the the Police Contract was neither adopted nor rejected by City Council, and no opening of negotiations on this contract is planned by either the Administration or the Police Department, by Ohio law, the contract will automatically go into force the first part of October with the effective date of January 1, 2010.