ARTICLE XI

SECTION A

CONTRACTING OUT

  1. The City shall meet and confer with the BCEA on any impact of proposed contracting out.

  2. The City and the BCEA agree that for any plan to contract out for services within the scope work of BCEA represented classifications, the City shall give the BCEA written notice of intended action and an opportunity to communicate orally or in writing for the purpose of presenting and obtaining views regarding the intended actions.

  3. Contract extensions for "time only" within a fiscal year with no scope or monetary changes do not require a second meet and confer process. However, BCEA will be notified is this should occur.