HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     3215

THE CHAIRMAN IS SELECTED AND SHALL MAKE ITS DECISION, BY A
MAJORITY VOTE, WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE
ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS. FOR GOOD CAUSE THE CHAIRMAN MAY EXTEND
THE TIME REQUIREMENT SET FORTH HEREIN.

(3) WITHIN 3 DAYS AFTER THE SELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD OF ARBITRATION, THE LABOR COMMISSIONER OR HIS
DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL PROVIDE TO EACH MEMBER OF THE
BOARD OF ARBITRATION AND TO ALL PARTIES, A DETAILED ITEMIZATION
OF THE LAST PROPOSAL MADE BY THE RESPECTIVE PARTIES DURING THE
NEGOTIATIONS.

(4) THE BOARD OF ARBITRATION SHALL IDENTIFY THE MAJOR
ISSUES IN THE DISPUTE, REVIEW THE POSITIONS OF ALL PARTIES AND
SHALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WAGES, BENEFITS, HOURS, AND OTHER
WORKING CONDITIONS OF OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY
EMPLOYEES IN MARYLAND AS WELL AS IN COMPARABLE METROPOLITAN
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN OTHER STATES, AND SHALL ALSO CONSIDER
THE VALUE OF OTHER BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO OR RECEIVED BY OTHER
EMPLOYEES OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE AS COMPARED
WITH PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES IN THE METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE CITY
AREA AND AS COMPARED WITH EMPLOYEES OF OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND
OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES. THE BOARD OF ARBITRATION SHALL
FURTHER CONSIDER CONSUMER PRICES FOR GOODS AND SERVICES AND OTHER
RELATED ITEMS, COST OF LIVING DATA, AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS, NOT
CONFINED TO THE FOREGOING, WHICH ARE NORMALLY UTILIZED IN THE
DETERMINATION OF WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS IN THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING PROCESS, AND SHALL ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY.

(5) THE BOARD OF ARBITRATION SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO
ADMINISTER OATHS, COMPEL THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES, AND REQUIRE
THE PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE BY SUBPOENA.

(6) THE BOARD OF ARBITRATION AFTER HEARING WITNESSES
AND CONSIDERING AND RECEIVING SUCH WRITTEN EVIDENCE AS MAY BE
SUBMITTED SHALL, BY WRITTEN DECISION, ORDER THE IMPLEMENTATION,
IN ITS ENTIRETY, OF THE LAST PROPOSAL OF ONE OF THE ' RESPECTIVE
PARTIES PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBPARAGRAPH (C)
OF THIS SECTION.

(7) THE DECISION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF
ARBITRATION THUS ESTABLISHED SHALL BE FINAL AND BINDING UPON THE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE AND UPON THE CERTIFIED
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE PROCEEDINGS. NO APPEAL
THEREFROM SHALL BE ALLOWED. SUCH DECISION SHALL CONSTITUTE A
MANDATE TO THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE CITY IN RESPECT TO SUCH MATTERS
WHICH CAN BE REMEDIED ADMINISTRATIVELY BY HIM, AND AS A MANDATE
TO THE BOARD OF ESTIMATES AND THE CITY COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO
MATTER WHICH REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE ACTION NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT
THE DECISION OF THE BOARD OF ARBITRATION. WITH RESPECT TO
MATTERS WHICH REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE ACTION FOR IMPLEMENTATION, SUCH
LEGISLATION SHALL BE ENACTED WITHIN 45 DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF
THE ARBITRATION DECISION. WITH RESPECT TO SALARIES AND WAGE
SCALES, THE AMOUNTS DETERMINED BY THE FINAL DECISION OF THE BOARD