HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-041RESOLUTION 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.
RESOLUTION NO. 74-41
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 1st
day of April , 1974.
ATTEST:
THE CO CIL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the
Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore-
qoing Resolution was introduced to said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 1st day of April ,
1974, and was at said meeting pa---~ and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES,
NOES,
ABSENT,
COUNCILMEN: Griset~ Evans~ Yarnarnoto~ %Vard
COUNCILMEN: Patterson~ Garthe~ N~arkel
COUNCILMEN: None
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
RNEY