§ 12. Salary and wage scales; Work conditions.

(a) In general.

(1) The Board shall fix the salary or wage scales for the several classifications of the City employee in the Classified Civil Service, and such scales, so far as practicable, shall be uniform for all like classifications except that where a final decision of a board of arbitration convened to arbitrate unresolved negotiations between the City and the certified employee organization representing the fire fighters and fire officers has been rendered in any year, the amounts as determined shall be adopted by the Board of Estimates as the salary and wage scales for employees of the Fire Department.

(2) The Board shall also adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate to insure, so far as practicable, like working conditions for the employees in the several municipal agencies, including vacation and sick leave.

(b) Multi-year collective bargaining agreements.

(1) The Board of Estimates may approve a collective bargaining agreement between the City and one or more of the Baltimore Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 734, the Baltimore Fire Officers, IAFF Local 964, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Council 67 (AFSCME Locals 44, 558, and 2202), the City Union of Baltimore, and the Baltimore City Lodge No. 3, Fraternal Order of Police, Inc., Units I and II, for a term of not less than 1 fiscal year and not more than 3 consecutive fiscal years, so long as the term of the collective bargaining agreement does not extend beyond the fiscal year in which the current Mayor's term of office ends.

(2) The Board shall annually include in the Ordinance of Estimates submitted to the City Council an amount sufficient to fund the salaries provided for in any collective bargaining agreement between the City and the local unions listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection.