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RESOLUTION NO. 83 -152
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD OPPOSING COMPULSORY AND BINDING ARBITRATION
AS EMBODIED IN SENATE BILL 778 (DILLS).
WHEREAS, Employee salaries and benefits, particularly those
of police and fire personnel, represent the largest portion of local
government operating budgets; and
_.._ WHEREAS, Local government's ability to generate revenue to meet
these:costs has diminished significantly in recent years, thereby
putting increasing pressure on elected officials to manage limited re-
sources in the greatest public interest; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 778 has been introduced in the Legislature,
which, if enacted, would mandate a system of compulsory and binding
arbitration of economic disputes between public safety labor organi-
zations and local government employers; and
WHEREAS, Compulsory and binding arbitration removes the rer
sponsibility for setting salary and benefit levels for public safety
employees from local elected officials and places such responsibility
into the hands of an arbitrator without public accountability; and
WHEREAS, The removal of such responsibility undermines a primary
duty and obligation of local elected officials, to determine the al-
location of limited resources among competing public needs; and
WHEREAS, Compulsory and binding arbitration for public safety
employees effectively removes police and fire compensation from the
arena of competing public needs, and elevates it to a position of
- - - first priority; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 778, by requiring an arbitrator to select
either an employer's or a Union's last, best and final offer in its
entirety effectively removes any incentive for either party to reach a
mutually satisfactory negotiated contract, in contradiction to the
express intent and purpose of the Meyers - Milias -Brown Act; and
WHEREAS, The prohibition of strikes by public safety employees
contained'in Senate Bill 778, adds little to the remedies available to
local agency employers under California case law; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 778 provides for its own self- destruction
if found by a court of law that its costs are mandated:by the State
of California;:and
WHEREAS, Such provisions for self- destruction result in a re-
cognition that the increased settlement costs of awards by arbitrators
pursuant to Senate Bill 778 are, in fact, State- mandated which,
however, must be first confirmed by a court of law through time -con-
suming and expensive litigation:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Lynwood does
hereby express to the members of the State Legislature and the Governor
of the State of California its opposition to compulsory and binding
arbitration in general, and to Senate Bill 778 in particular, and urges
the.Legislature and the Governor to maintain responsibility and accounta-
bility local services and local budgets with locally elected officials.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 6th day of DECEMBER , 1983.
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ATTEST:
E. L.r•M_ IS, MAYOR __
CITY OF LYNWOOD
ANDREA L. HOOPER, CITY C ERR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution
was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Lynwood at a regular meeting held on the
6th day of December ,1983..
AYES: Councilmen Byork, Henning, Rowe, Thompson, Morris
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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