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ARTICLE 37 - DURATION AND RENEWAL The County Administrator is recommending a three-year collective bargaining agreement covering fiscal years 2013-2014. 2014-2015, and 2015-2016. The County Administrator argues that Local 2201 has offered no rationale for a two-year contract and a two-year contract makes no sense because "the parties would have to begin negotiating the successor contract in mid -2015, only a few months from now." It is the position of the County Administrator that makes no sense. First, the County's proposal for a re -opener in negotiations for fiscal year 2015-2016 would cause the parties to have to begin negotiating in a few months from now under either proposal. Second, the County Administrator's recommendation for fiscal year 2015-2016 is a complete abolishment of a pay plan that has been in existence for decades and replacing it with an entirely new system that was never properly explored in negotiations. It makes no sense to rush into that new pay system without further negotiations. Under either the County's recommendation or the Union's recommendation, negotiations are going to begin immediately. Local 2201 respectfully requests that a motion be made to adopt the Union's proposal for Article 37 - Duration and Renewal which immediately follows on the next page.