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RESOLUTION NUM8ER ~;.< ~i7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION
TO PU8LIC EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS LEGISLATION
AND SUPPORTING SENATE BILL 522.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Seal Beach favors the existing
practice of public agency employer-employee relations which allows for meeting
and conferring in good faith with recognized employee organizations on matters
of wages, hours and working conditions, and supports S.8. 522 which clarifies
and makes the meet and confer process more equitable; and
WHEREAS, various bills have been introduced in the Legislature, among which
are A.B. 33, A.B. 819. A.B. 1112, A.B. 1243 and S.8. 32, which, if enacted,
would completely undermine and disrupt public employer-employee relations at
the local level; and
WHEREAS, said bills would establish a separate labor relations procedure for
police and fire employees and would invalidate actions taken by city councils
on matters within the scope of representation unless notice is first served on
employee representatives and provide that no city might require or request
firemen or policemen to work regularly scheduled overtime (non-emergency),
unless paid time and one-half or granted compensating time off at the rate of
one and one-half hours for every hour of overtime and would require all employees
in a particular organization to join that employee organization or union; and
WHEREAS, such labor practices may be politically expedient, however, such
legislation clearly injects the Legislature into a matter which is supposed
to be negotiated between the representatives of local government and the
representatives of their employees. For this reason, such practices are
totally inconsistent with the fundamental principles of home rule and repre-
sentative government and overlook the security afforded the employees by the
various types of Civil Service and personnel merit systems and ignores the
monopolistic nature of public services and 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, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HERE8Y RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Seal Beach hereby expresses
adamant opposition to any employer-employee relations legislation such as
A.B. 33, A.B. 819, A.8. 1112, A.B. 1243 and S.B. 32, that would conflict with
the meet and confer process which has proven to be the most equitable method
of insuring the highest quality of public employment while, at the same time,
preserving and protecting the rights of local citizens and supports the
League of California Cities-sponsored, Senate Bill 522.
Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and instructed to transmit
certified copies of this Resolution to Senators James Whetmore and Dennis
Carpenter, Assemblyman Robert Burke. the League of California Cities, the
Assembly Committee on Employment and Public Employees, the Senate Committee
on Public Employment and Retirement and all of the Cities in Orange County.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Counci~f the C~ Seal Beach,
Califorriia at a meeting thereof held on the II day of ~A. d..-,
by the following vo~te: II . (
AYES: Councilmen, ~oe~ fU,~--,~'IJ. 1~1It:.~ cYQU,--
NOES: Councilme_____ ~_____
ABSENT: Councilmen,
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