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RESOLUTION NO. 74-41 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSI- TION TO CERTAIN PROPOSED PUBLIC EMPLOYER- EMPLOYEE RELATIONS LEGISLATION. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana favors the existing practice of public agency employer-employee rela- tions which allows for meeting and conferring in good faith with recognized employee organizations on matters of wages, hours and working conditions; and WHEREAS, various bills have been introduced in the current California Legislative session including SB 33 (Burton), SB 819 (Kapiloff), and SB 1112 (Ralph) which, if enacted, would com- pletely undermine and disrupt public employer-employee rela- tions at the local level; and WHEREAS, these bills would establish a separate labor relations procedure for police and fire employees; would invali- date actions taken by city councils on matters within the scope of representation unless notice is first served on employee representatives; would provide that no city might require or request firemen or policemen to work regularly scheduled over- time (non-emergency), unless paid time and a 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 legislation clearly injects the legislature into matters which are properly left to negotiation between the representatives of local government and the representatives of their employees. For this reason, such labor practices are totally inconsistent with the fundamental principles of home rule and representative government and overlook the security afforded the employees by the various types of Civil Service and personnel merit systems, ignore the nature of public ser- vices 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, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby expresses opposition to any employer-employee relations legislation that would conflict with the meet and confer pro- cess which has proven to be the most equitable method of insur- ing the highest quality of public employment while, at the same time, preserving and protecting the rights of local citizens. SECTION 2. The Clerk of the Council is hereby authorized and instructed to transmit certified copies of this resolution to Santa Ana's elected representatives in the State Legislature, the League of California Cities, the Assembly Committee on Em- ployment and Public Employees, the Senate Committee on Public Employment and Retirement and all of the Cities in Orange County.