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RESOLUTION NO. 3406
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A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN cOUNcll..
OF THE TOWN OF TIBURON
OPPOSING SENATE Bll..L 402
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 402 mandates a system of compulsory and binding
arbitration of the resolution of public sector collective bargaining disputes with police
and fire unions;
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 402 would transfer the authority of the Mayor and Town
Council over these critical service areas in a city's budget to outside, non-elected
arbitrators who are not accountable to Town residents;
WHEREAS, the success of this legislation would give police and fire unions first
call on the Town's treasury to the detriment of other services;
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 402 would give unilateral control to police and fire
unions to declare an impasse, against the wishes of the Mayor and Town Council, and
call for arbitration;
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WHEREAS, Senate Bill 402 imposes a clear and costly mandate on all local
public agencies in the hundreds of million of dollars statewide, both for the arbitration
process and the cost of the arbitrator's award above the employer's last best offer; and
WHEREAS, the proponents of said legislation claim it is necessary to prevent
strikes by police and fire unions when strikes by these employees are already illegal
under current law and court decisions;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the Town of
Tiburon declares it opposition to Senate Bill 402, and calls upon state legislator and the
Governor to recognize the importance of local control of local budgets and public
services, and to vote against this unreasonable intrusion, and
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tiburon Town Council on
March 15, 2000, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
cOUNcll..MEMBERS:
cOUNcll..MEMBERS:
cOUNcll..MEMBERS:
Bach, Gram, Hennessy, Thompson
None
Ma e
TOM GRAM, MA
TOWN OF TmURON
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