Common use of Negotiation Ground Rules Clause in Contracts

Negotiation Ground Rules. 1. Negotiation teams shall be limited to five members. Consultants may be used by either party. 2. The time and place of all negotiation sessions must be mutually agreed to by both parties. 3. Each negotiation’s team upon request shall, as soon as is practicable, make available to the other team specific items of public information in their possession pertinent to the negotiations process. The cost of duplicating requested material shall be borne by the requesting party at the rate of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per sheet. 4. In the course of each session, any tentatively agreed to items shall be described, dated, and initialed by the spokesperson from each team. 5. The District will allow a maximum of twenty-five (25) person work days leave with pay for the combined Association negotiating team. This total leave with pay is for members of the negotiating team to attend table negotiations contingent upon the condition that if no agreement is reached during the school year the Association commits itself to be available for negotiations during the summer. 6. Any agreement reached through the aforementioned procedure shall be reduced to writing, and if ratified by the Board and the Association, shall be signed by the properly designed officers of the Board and of the Association. Both parties shall ratify or reject the agreement within ninety (90) days of the conclusion of negotiations. 7. In the event that negotiations occur during the term of this agreement that alter a portion or portions of the Agreement to be effective prior to its expiration date, such amendments shall become a part of the Agreement. 8. The District and the Association shall, upon request, provide each with copies of any transcripts or written minutes, formal or informal, of the negotiating sessions which may be used by either party to augment testimony as to the intent or meaning of the provision of this Negotiated Agreement. This does not require either party to present the other party with notes prepared for internal use in the development of the party's strategy. Acceptance of possession of such minutes and/or transcripts does not obligate either party to accept their accuracy.