Do not agree, this should only be a bargained issue and not a Faculty Senate one. This allows us to raise the question only and not change it. We would be safe with Oregon labor law in that case. But we have no right to settle it within the Senate. The Constitution might simply list a reference about this issue back to the Bargaining Agreement itself.
Any issue relating to monetary consequences needs to be bargained.
The union board needs to be consulted. The Constitution as written is vague enough and should be left alone. Also, not doing chair evaluations in the year of Department Chair elections was an issue. It should still be done since the input itself from the evaluations is very valuable regardless of that person being up for reelection or not. The evaluation will be used as an accountability mechanism for the chair.