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f. To maintain the efficiency of governmental operations, determine the methods, means, and personnel by which City operations are to be conducted and/or City services provided; and g. To take all necessary actions to carry out its mission in emergencies and to exercise complete control and discretion over its organization and the technology of performing its work. However, the exercise of such City rights shall not conflict with the express provisions of a written Memorandum of Understanding between the City and an Exclusively Recognized Employee Organization. Section 6. Meet and Confer in Good Faith -- Scope of Representation. a. The City, through its representatives, shall meet and confer in good faith with representatives of Exclusively Recognized Employee Organizations. The scope of representation shall include all matters relating to employment conditions and employer -employee relations regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, except, however, that the scope of representation shall not include consideration of the merits, necessity, or organization of any service or activity provided by law or executive order. b. Notwithstanding any provision of this Resolution to the contrary, the City shall not be required to meet and confer on any subject preempted by Federal, State, or local law, nor shall it be required to meet and confer in good faith on Employee or City Rights as defined in Sections 4 and 5. Proposed amendments to this Resolution are excluded from the scope of meeting and conferring. Section 7. Scope of Consultation. All matters affecting employer -employee relations, including those that are not subject to meeting and conferring, are subject to consultation. Upon request, the City, through its representatives, shall consult in good faith with representatives of all Exclusively Recognized ' Employee Organizations on employer -employee relations matters which affect them. Advance notice on matters subject to consultation, but outside the scope of representation, is desirable, but not mandatory. Section 8. Advance Notice. a. Except in cases of emergency, reasonable advance written notice shall be given to each Exclusively Recognized Employee Organization whose members may be affected by any I ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the City Council, and each shall be given the opportunity to meet with the City prior to adoption. b. 'In cases of emergency when the City determines that an ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation must be adopted immediately without prior notice or meeting with an Exclusively Recognized Employee Organization, the City shall provide such notice and Revised: 12/30/97 - 5 -