HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1978.06.01 - 12744Miscellaneous Resolution 8483 :June 1, 1978
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - Robert W. Page, Chairman
IN RE: OPPOSITION TO HOUSE BILL 5734 AND HOUSE BILL 5274
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS H.B. 5734 and H.B. 5274 would undermine a basic concept
of our American form of government, further eroding the authority of local
government; and
WHEREAS H.B. 5734 would legalize strikes by police, firefighters
teachers and all other local government employees and relegate settlement
of contract disputes to third parties empowered to impose binding arbi-
tration on local government; and
WHEREAS H.B. 5734 would relegate settlement of contract disputes
to third parties at the sole discretion of the union; and
WHEREAS H.B. 5734 would legalize, for the first time, strikes by
all public employees in Michigan and prohibit local government units from
firing any employees involved in a strike irrespective of the impact of
such actions on the public welfare; and
WHEREAS H.B. 5274 would force local school districts to accept
the intermediate school district as its bargaining agent to negotiate
collective bargaining agreements with a consortium of teachers bargaining
groups, irrespective of differences in local conditions; and
WHEREAS this simple addition to state school code would take
away the right of local school boards to bargain collectively with their
own employees and could drastically change the traditional governing of
our schools by unilateral recognition of regional bargaining regardless of
local financial considerations; and
' WHEREAS H.B. 5734 and H,B. 5274 would substantially erode the
authority And responsibility of local officials; and
WHEREAS H.B. 5734 and H.B. 5274 on the basis of past experience
would add significantly to the costs of local government without providing
additional funds or financial relief; and - - ' - . •
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners contends that
H.B. 5734 and H.B. 5274 would unacceptably alter the institutions of local
government and school districts and would result in additional and
unnecessary tax burden on the public.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners strongly oppose passage of H.B. 5734 and H.B. 5274 and urge
the members of the house to defeat them.
#8483 June 1, 1978
Moved by Page supported by Lanni the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Moffitt, Montante, Moxley, Murphy, Olson, Page, Patterson, Perinoff,
Pernick, Peterson, Price, Roth, Simson, Wilcox, Aaron, Daly, DiGiovanni, Doyon,
Fortino, Gabler, Gorsline, Hoot, Kelly, Lanni, McConnell, McDonald. (26)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution #8483 adopted by the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners at their meeting held on June 1, 1978
with the original record thereof now remaining in my
office, and that it is a true and correct transcript
therefrom, and of the whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
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Lynn D. Allen......., .............. Clerk