HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 2407 1975-02-24
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RESOLUTION NUMBER ~~~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL 275, THE "COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING ACT FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT."
the City Council of the City of Seal Beach favors the existing
law of the State of California (the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act) to
control public agency employer-employee relations, which Act
provides for meeting and conferring with recognized public
employee organizations in good faith in order to resolve any
conflicts and to reach agreements on matters of wages, hours
and working conditions; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 275, if enacted, would repeal the existing system
of public employer-employee labor relations and completely
disrupt public employer-employee relations at the local level; and
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 275 does not recognize the substantial distinctions
between public and private sector employers; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 275, if enacted, would remove the vital decision-
making power from the hands of locally elected officials and
relegate these decisions to non-elected persons, boards and
commissions, who are not responsible or answerable to the public; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 275, if enacted, would impose upon local government
collective bargaining and binding arbitration systems which do
not take into consideration the fact that public employers are
not organized nor do they operate under the same standards and
for the same purposes as a private employer; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 275, if enacted, would permit public employees the
right to strike, which could seriously jeopardize the health,
safety and general welfare of the taxpaying public who have a
right to rely on municipal services not being interrupted or
curtailed;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal Beach
does hereby express its adamant and unalterable opposition to Senate Bill 275
which is in conflict with the existing laws concerning employer-employee
relations which have proven to be the most equitable method of insuring the
highest quality of public employment while at the same time protecting the
rights of public employees and local citizens.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and instructed
to transmit certified copies of this resolution to Senator Dennis Carpenter,
Assemblyman Robert H. Burke, the League of California Cities, the Assembly
Committee on Employment and Public Employees, the Senate Committee on Govern-
mental Organization and to all of the cities in Orange County.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council 9f the City 0 Seal Beach,
California, at a meeting thereof held on the ~~~, day of. _~(~
1975, by the fOllOWi~nvote:
AYES: councilmen/~~~~~-,<~hJ
NOES: Councilmen~_ '
ABSENT: Councilmen
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