2.400.067 Contracting policies for certain home care services, chemical dependency or mental health treatment services, and therapeutic court services.
(1) The county executive shall adopt such written contracting policies as may be necessary, as determined by the executive, to prevent or mitigate service disruptions caused by labor unrest within private sector providers of home care services, chemical dependency or mental health treatment services, or therapeutic court services, that would harm vulnerable members of the community, compromise the efficient delivery of county services, or adversely impact law enforcement services provided by the county.
(2) In considering adoption of contracting policies under subsection (1) of this section, the executive shall consider whether to include at least the following policy elements:
(a) A requirement that providers submit labor harmony plans at the time of application for a county contract;
(b) A requirement that labor harmony plans submitted with an application include:
(i) if at the time of application a labor organization exists within the meaning of SCC 2.400.020(8), a written agreement between the provider and labor organization that contains a procedure the parties will use or have used to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts of labor unrest on recipients of services, or
(ii) if at the time of application a labor organization does not exist within the meaning of SCC 2.400.020(8), a written statement by the provider of what measures it will take or has taken to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts of labor unrest on recipients of services;
(c) Procedures that providers and labor organizations may use to develop labor harmony plans or resolve disputes relating to development or implementation of labor harmony plans;
(d) Procedures for evaluation of labor harmony plans by the county;
(e) Procedures for rejection of labor harmony plans by the county;
(f) Procedures for administrative review of decisions by the county to reject labor harmony plans; and
(g) Exceptions to labor harmony plan requirements.
(3) All contracting policies adopted under this section must be based on and consistent with the county’s proprietary interest in preventing or mitigating service disruptions and related adverse impacts of labor unrest. (Added by Ord. 09-011, Mar. 25, 2009, Eff date Apr. 13, 2009).