# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 16. Montgomery County

### Subtitle 3. Collective Bargaining

#### Section 16-311

(a) A mediator panel may be used in collective bargaining when:

  (1) the Montgomery Commission and the employee organization agree to mediation; or

  (2) an impasse results, and the Montgomery Commission or the employee organization requests mediation.

(b)

  (1) The Montgomery Commission and the employee organization shall:

    (i) each choose one mediator from a list supplied by the American Arbitration Association or the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; and

    (ii) together choose a third mediator from a list supplied by the American Arbitration Association or the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

  (2) If the Montgomery Commission and the employee organization cannot agree on a jointly appointed mediator, the labor relations administrator shall choose the third mediator.

(c) The Montgomery Commission and the employee organization shall share the costs of mediation equally.

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Md. Code Ann., Hous. & Cmty. Dev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)