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Councll Member Higday, N~ l, Flt~patrick, K na, 811 . 8r dsh w, Oti
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Th H.y r ec I r d quorum pr • nl.
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nt w r Aaal1tant City Manager Wanuah
City Alt rney Ber rdini
Oir•ctor of Empl ye RelatLona
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D puty City Cl rk Watkin•
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May or Otis t t d th purpoae o th meeting was to
hear input for the propo d hart r amendment . Mayor Otla
r 'd the (ollowing li t of propo ed r vl ions and asked if any-one w ntcd o ap k th m:
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r visions r lat ng to c mpetitlve
c pit l improvement •
No oner p nd d .
Propos d r visions to prop rty identification .
No one responded .
Propo cd r visions r 1 ting to al> of equip-ment.
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tt o rney, 3780 South Broadway. I we 11 di c us d the pr par ion • • I tt r dated Au us 19, 1980. One i. m
"subj ect for negotiation", mor pce 1-
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Coun ' l M mbcr Higday asked h City Manager to provide
a report on the num er r slgnations in the last 18 month by
d partment nd th r son why, i possible .
Hr. H ll nd and Cou nc i l di cussed the hearing office r
issue furth r.
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MAyor Ot the a••ociation o r t ndtn h
in and g vin th ir c nt•. Mayor O atat d Council vould
th COfllllent• und r advta..aent and vould probably hold another on th••• ... lt ra.
Mayor Oti rad he laat propoa d Charter a111end~ nt ••:
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Clty Attorn y Ber rdlni xplalned the purpo•e ot thi• ndnient .
No on frOfl the audlenc •pok n thi• ,..tter .
Ther w r no further COfllllent• ,..d concerning any of the aniendnienta .
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COUNCIL MEMBER HlCDAY MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
MAyor Oti• adjourned the 11eeting without a vote at
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Th Cl y Coun 11 o f o t d, Ar p hoe
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N al, fltzp trl k, Kena,
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Al10 pre nt w r A91 1tant City Manager Wanueh
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D puty Clty Cl rk Watkln1
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of th m ting waa to
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d r vi1ion1 nd aeked if any-
Propoa d r v alone relating to conipetitlv
b dd ng nd c apital iniprovementa.
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Propos d r visions lo property ident lf Leal ion .
No ont! responded.
Prop ed revisions relating to sale of equip-
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John C i w , 11 , ttorncy, 3780 South Br o dway, b fore Co un l1. Mr. Crl w ll dl cu sed the prep r ion st n ee of his re por nd letter dat d Au gus 19. l 80. he discu sed l 'n th was "subj cts for nego ti. ti.on". fically, th U j 'C o f "maintenance b n af it ..
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Council Member Higday asked th City Manger to p r ovid
a report on the numb r of res i gnations in the l at 18 month by
department and th r sons why, i possible.
Hr, Holland and Council dis c ussed the hearing officer
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Th r w r nu f r h r c 111 nt propoeal. nu, d co n r n ng hia .,..nd-
M.yor Ole aeeoc1ation for att•nd1ng the Ille t-lng and &lvlng their c n a. Mayor O ta •tat d Council would t ke
the c~nte und r advi•..-.nt and would probably hold another raeeting on theee ... ttere.
M.yor Otia read the laat propoa d Charter a ... ndnient aa :
7. Pro poaed anienct.ent oncernln J>O'iler o f eialnent d<>f9ain.
City Attorney lerardlnl explained the purpoee of thle n~nt.
llo on fr0ta the audience •pok n thia ... tter.
a ... nchenta. There w re no further C<>taaenta rqd concernina any of the
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COUNCIL MEMBER HlCDAY MOVED TO ADJOURN llCE MEETING.
M.yor Oti• adjourned the ... •ting without a vote at
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d h purpoa · o lh m Ling w to d c h rt r ndmcnta . Mayor Ot • pro p• d r v slons nd a k d lf any-
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Coun il M lllber H1gday k d h City ~anger to prov d
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depart~ent and the r sons why, if po ible .
Hr. Holland and Counc l discus ed the hearing office r
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Nnl propoeal, concern ng h • amend-
Mayor Otl thank d the aaeoclatlon for al •ndlna th
in& and giving their c nta. Mayor Olie elated Council vould •
th• coaaaenta under advie....,t and would probably hold another meetin on th••• .. ll•r•.
Mayor Olla read th• laat propoe d Charter amendaenl aa :
7. Propo••d .,..ncta.nt conc•rnin pover of eain•nt dOftlaln.
Clty Attorney lerardinl •plained the purpoee of thie .._nd!Mnt.
llo on froa t.he audience •poke on thle .. tter.
111ere v re no further cCMaNmta 111ad concernina any of the .,..nchenu.
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COUIIClL MDCIEI HlCDAY NDVED TO ADJOUD 111[ NEETlNC,
Mayor Otl• adjoun1ed t.he ... tlna without a vote at
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Dear Nr. Otta,
Title flr• haa recently been engaged by the lnglew
•Pl~"• .. aoclatlOft and the DH)lewood Police Bene flt Assoc h on
to r••lew the •arloua pr opoaala whi ch have been aade by the !k>ar
of Car .. , .. ,.tee Caaalaalonera and by th City Manager f or chan s
ln ~l•wood"• charter and ordinanc e• relating o eapl o yee relat ions.
•• did not receive the Adalnistratl on 's proposed c arter
a ....... ata until ~uly 22 and, aa y ou know. there are al gn fican
41ffereacea bet .. en eoae of th••• propoaala and the propo ala
.... a.,~ ... aoerd. In addition. becau•• of the aaount of aa eri l
ln.ol .... It haa taken aaae little while to aa siail ate all of
th .. alMI to coapere th•• to the preaent charter •
.. are encloal~ herewith a report on the chan~e• lnvo ved ,
which att .. p ta to •..,..arlae the al9nificance of the vari ous pro s l s
and to a111111arlae the •..»loyeea• Initial view• upon th••• pr opoa ala.
In dol .. thla. we ha•• rec09nlaed that there are, indeed, cer a in
chant•• lllllch could appropriately be aade In the present systea .
•• are 110t oppoalnt any change merely for the aake of opposit1on.
Oft the other hand. there are several propoaed chang e s
whi c h the eaployeea believe would have a very aerious ff c t
upon the future relatlonahlp with the Ci ty. We would be less
t h an fo1thrl9ht If we did not c all these to your attenti on .
fl'le report being encl o••d should , however. be read
by you wlth two reaervatl ons In •Ind:
l. a.cauae of the .... of .. terlala Involved. lt
la entlrelr poaalble that thl• law fir• ha• ala-read aaa. of
tb• prO\lalon• lnYOl•ed. We are. therefore, prov l dln9 • copy
of thla report to the City .-.na9er and hi• ataff. aa well••
to the aoerd and lta attorne y . If we have unintentionally ai s -
read aa, pro•lalon. we wo uld be happy to have that brought to
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a. atnce thl• report ... lnltlally drafted, th• A,dalnl-
et1atlell ... 1-.c ... atatl .. • of the Polle• ge.-.ri.aent ha•• t,een
a~l• te oater ... ,.-of our c,oaoerne aad tbl• conference
1 .... • te .u ... tut~· ,.,u•• .. , be •nedbl•· enoucJh
t• ...... •ltll ........ lflcatlone to~ pr ... •t propoe•l• whi c h
....i• a11 .. 1at• .-, If ftOt all, of that aeaoclatlon'• concern•.
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CCI ~hf •••Pl aarecter et -.ior.. Mlat tone • SH•., --· of ca, .. , .. ulce CcJ1111lHiOMC8
catr att•-r aaw• ts•
Rik• .. ltll, ..... lr•
P.S. ftl• letter vu Nnt to all City council ...,.u
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TO: NAT MID NIMIU or COU IL
F1ION1 laCLalOOD IMPLO Y&a ASSOC'fA T I
DGLaooD POLI C ! B !rIT AS
a.Jar:1'1 ftlOl'OSID CIIAaTU MINDNINTS
Durl,_. ta.. c ou rae of the .,.at thcee we ka, we hav
had .. G190rtunltr to re•l .. the propoeed ... nd .. nta t o 11117
e,.. 111 el the ... letlOOd Cherter, to re•lew Nr. Nike .. lth'a
letter ef Julr JJ, 1110, which outline• the difference• betwe n
the re.-cc .... , .. etlon• of the 9oerd of Car••r Secvlce Coaalaaioner s
e,.. ta.. ... ""-ent• pr•••ntlr being propoaed by the Adalnl•trati o n;
end to eeapere t9'e preaent propoaal• with the &o.rd'• prior
rec ., ... UOfta.
"'• pre .. nt propoael• repreaent .. jor, fund ... ntal
cbe ... • r, .. ta.. pre .. nt •r•tea. Soae of thoae char19ea can,
In our .. lnlOII, be looked upon aa iapro•e .. nta, oth•r•, ln our
•l••, ... 1d beve e tendency to deatrQY whet, in the p.at, haa
been•~ ... lo,aent reletlonahip. Our repr .. entetlve• will
be att ... ,,.. Council'• public hearlncJ on Au9uat 2S, ltlO, to
eapr••• our vl ... aore fully upon both the•• aubjecta.
In the .. entt .. , however, we believe It 1• lapoctant
for everrone --Council, the Adalnl•tretlon and the eaployeea --
to fullJ u .. •r•tf!f the al9nlflcance of the change• being proposed.
Durl .. our con•lderetion of th••• propoaala, we have received
the l .. r•••lon that not everyone reall••• the laportant eff•cta
which aoae of the propoaal• would have.
"'• prlaary purpo•• of thl• report to Council, then,
will be to atteapt to outline the effect of aoae of the aore
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laportant ch•,,.•• whi ch are bei"9 au 9 ated and to ate o
d atrat• the altnlfl c an differenc • n v a la
pr<41a••• alld ..._t th• aoard re« tnded.
1. oua PAST BIS'l'OltT
.. fore ao•l"9 directly to a dlscusalon of the propos d
ch• ... •• .. tblnk It would be .orthwllll• to re•i••, .. ry briefly,
INN t._ pre .. at •r•t .. wa• Initially eatabllabed and bOw it haa
.ork .... to tbla ,olnt.
ftae l•ltlal charter which was adopted by th• City Charter
COR•entlon, ... by th• people of sn.lewood, in ltSI, contained
fairly •typical• pr09lal011• eatabllahl"9 a •career (clvil) service
ayat ... • .. ny of tho•• pro•l•lOR•, which are to be found in
pre .. nt 1111 of tbe Charter, ha•• r ... lned unchan9ed alnce their
orltlnal _.,.tlOft. They pr091de, ••••ntlally, for a Board of
car .. r .. r•lce caaataaloner•, whoa• priaary reaponalbllity l•
to 09er ... .,.. to adalniater the 09erall ayat ... Ttle precepts
or tbl• eyat•• are twofolds flrat, all poaltlona, either through
blrl .. or pr0110tlon, are to be filed thre>u9h •open, fr•• and
coapetttl•• •••lnatlona• and, second, one• an .-ploy .. pr09es
bla or ._r fltne•• for a poaitlon with the City, auch an •ploy••
can110t be teralnated without 4jood cau••·
tor th• paat 20 year• or ao, alnc• the date of it•
adoption, tbl• baalc ayat .. baa worked .. 11, ln our as>lnlon •
&owe••r, that lnltlal ayat .. pro.lded no aechanl ..
for anr Cltr eaployee to have any voice ln the eatabllsh .. nt
of bla or her we9•• or condltlona. Rather. ln the early day•
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c,f tN Ch arter, a •at a n benefit •packa9•• would be P',ll t her
by tN Adalnietratl on end eppr oved by CO\ancll wt llttl , or
no, COAaultetlon wlth the eiq,loy .. • to be eff•c ted.
I• 1111, tllerefore, the eaplor • of he Polle~ Depart n
pre•e•t .. a petltlOft for en lnltlet.d ordlnenc , ea ebll fn9
a .... •laa for that clepertaant•a eaploy .. a. In accordance w t h
tile ct.arter, City COunc:11, ratNr than referrlnt the propoael
to a wote oft ...... le, adopted the.,. .. plan propoeed. That
.... cl ... tflaatlOII plan la atlll on the boot• ea 15-6-t(a ) and
(bJ el tM .. alcl .. l Code.
At t ...... ta .. , that City Council directed that th
Cltr ..... er, the .. reonnel Director and the City Attorney should,
in tlile future, 0011ault with eaplor .. repre .. ntatlvea bef o re .. ting
rec a , ... uw foe per and beneUta. Aa a result, froa 1961
to ltlJ tlile Ailalnlatratlon and each of Ute thr .. or9anlaatlons
e ...... l• •collectl•e bar9alntnt• and the City Nana9er'• reco.aend a-
Uoe to cu, c .. acu -• baaed upon the 89ree .. nts reached in
tboee --.otlatloaa. Tlteae 11e9otiatioaa .. re carried on, however,
wlthcMlt tlae be .. ftt of anr Charter or ordl~nce provision authorising
thea •
Por tbla reaaon, In lt72 tbe -.plor .. • In the Fire
Oepertaent pre .. nted a propoaed charter ... ndaent which, however,
would M•e co.ered oaly riu Depart .. nt eaploy .. a. City Council
referred tbat propoeal to a ,rote of tbe people, but, at the..,..
ti .. , referred lta !!!! propoeal, lfhicb applied to !!1 City eaployeea.
Council'• propoeal waa adopted bf tbe .otera 1n 1'72 and la now
1117 of the Charter.
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1'111• .. ctlon pr o•l cSe•, ln •••enc, ta •Cly• all
ne9otlate In order to esta ll• e plo y va •• a n c nd
vlth , .. ,e .. atatlv•• o f thoe• .-ploy••• •olunta rlly • lee ed
by t ..... IIIMNld there deve lop a n •ta~•••• in th••• n 90 latt o ••
the •t ... te l• referred to the Board or Career Servlc c oaalss lon rs
for a rec 1 ... tlon. If thl• rec oaaenda tlon l• not a ccept e d
~ NU. .. ,uea. tM Unal cSectelon le to be ude by • vote or
tM .... 1.. at tM .... U•, tM aoard ha• been 9ranted the
autl!MKltJ to laterpret any .. raonnel ordinance, rule oc requlat lon
a .. to .. tenlae ""9tMr the Clty ha• violated any contract pro-
vleloa.
1ft tM 12 year• or ao elnee the CltJ baa been invo lved
In c,oaferrl .. wltb It• ... ior .. • before undertaklncJ any acti on
wlllell ... 1• affect their .... a or other condition•, othec loc &l
~e, .... t• ..... encountered Hrloua eaploree relation• probleaa .
,.._. Littleton 9CIKM>l Dletrlct, for eaaaple, ha• faced a teacher s •
etrlke -"lch toe* eatelllCled court proceedlncJ• to reeolve. Llk.vi•••
tM Cltr of ... blo eaperlenced an eaplor•• work etopp89• wh ich
neltMr a court order nor contempt pcoc.-dlncJ• brOU9ht to a n
•lid. all of us are aware of a i ailar lncicSent• els.where •
In contraet, elnc• the City or Bn9levood bec)an to confer
wltb It• ... lOJ .. • o,rer .. tter• of die.ct lntereet to thea ln
lHl1
There bu not been• alMle .. n-hour of eaploy .. nt
loat u a reault of aoae eaploy•e dlapute1
Th• City and the eaplor•• or9anlaatlon• have alway •
been able to .. r .. upon• contract -there ha• never been an
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o t • people i n order t o reac a g r • nt;
Con•l,.rlnt the nu•ber of eaploy••• • plo yed by
t CitJ, tbere be.,. been werr few •9rlewances• present d t o
th• aoer• of Car .. r lerwlc• Coaal••loner• !!!! ln the hu9e .. j o r l y
of c • .. • ,ce .. nted to that ao.rd, lt h•• deteralned that the
... ior ..... been j••ltlfed ln pre••lncJ th• clal•i and
,._ CltJ ... lo, .. • bawe continued to be repre•ent d
by local N .. nlaaU01181 tbeJ hawe !!.2! turned to for .. 1 labor
untOft• te , .. r•••t tbea.
I• abort, the •r•t .. preaently In effect baa worked
to reaol .. •1a,ut•• ..e,1ch, In other localltl••, ba•• becoae ao
tnten ..... bitter that they hawe paralJ•ed tJOY•rnaental operations.
Chan4J•• ... t .. r_,. ... nt• can probably alway• be .. de to any syate,
but for tbe benefit of all parties concerned, eweryOtM should
be certala that anr chancJe• to be .. de will encourage, and laprove,
the ••t•tl ... relatlonahlp, not deteriorate lt.
2. n• CIIAIGP 1noLva>
a. fte c.r .. , lerwlce IY•t•• ln General
t. Th• Preaent Charter (1113111 and 131:2)
under the preaent charter, the Board of Career
Service C,..l••loner• la the 99ency In charge of the Career Service
aystea. 1'le Charter now require• the BoArd to operate a aystea,
to be ... ,owed by Council, vblch requlre•s
Dtployaent or proaotlona to be t>.aed upon
•o.,.n, r, .. •• .. lnatlona;•
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lh .,
1'be , • .,, • ., by t ao.rd of a ll con
teral tl011e1 aa,
••elualon froa t ayat • o f offle ra
of tM CltJ, afllOl•t-• of Council and one confidential • retary
I• HCII .... ,tant.
II. 1'I r,,,,..1 (lllll1l-lll1J)
fte JICOIICl••cl cbant• would reecwe frca tbe Board
the ree,a1a1•111t, for teatlnt, preparation of ell91blltty ll•t•
and ~cwal or perecMUMl acUona. It would 9rant to the City
11anawer ~ ~ reaponatblltty for deYia1119 a ca, .. , .. ,.,le
•plan.• It *-• !I! , .. utre, eYen, that tbe Board aake a ~
••S&• to Council upon a11eh plan.
fte r-.ulr ... nta of the plan to be propoaed by
tlle Cltr .... ,., •1rfera frca tbe ayat .. wbicb the Charter now
, ... 1,ea t• tM follow& .. reapecta,
fte r-.ulr ... nt that blrl119 aa, proaotlon•
be ...... ...,.. ...... frN ... , .. uona• .... a..n deleted, tbe
pro,oeal ... 1• , ... ,,. a conalderation of ability, knowledv•
and akllla ._ ... 1IPCMI •open conalderatlon of qualified applicant•
for ... lo,aent,•
1'be requtr ... nt that an •e1l9iblllty llat•
be cai-.Ued aa, that a,polntaenta are to be .... aolely hoa
auell a llat Ilea been .. letedr
I• addition, tlM CAr .. , Nrwice plan lfOllld
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t>. r ..-1, .. t o ••tabllah .aiploy•• tr a lnlncJ pr09ra
r or ... 1., .. ewaluatlon •.
,._ ... loy .. • •ubject tot 1• pl a n
a nd
••••fttlallJ th• ..... ao that auperv leora a nd ••n• erl a l
W011ld atlll be cowered. TIie•• .. ploy•• could at 11 t>. t
only foe f!Coper cauae.
Ill. J!!! ao.,••• aec: 1ndatlon
an ac da
lllall• it l• not .. c1e clear in the Board'• recoea nded
ordl....,., .... ,,. '-en inforaed that the ao.rd rec oaaenda t ha t
it be rellewed of tlae adalnl•trati•• functlona of claaalfyinq
poeitl ... , adainlaterlnt te•t•, certlfylncJ •ll9l bllity llat a ,
and tN like.
OIi t ... other hand, lt l• !!2! our under•tandlng
that t ... 9oerd haa rec:c1 anded either that the pr•••nt Charter
r941ulr ... ftta of te•tlnt or certlflcatlon of ell9lblllty llat•
be , ... al .. , or tlaet the Councll not be provided wlth the Board'•
recaaae .. atlon...,.. the City llana9er•• propoaed plan prior t o
Council'• ~tlOII of that plan.
lv. Suaaarr of Poaition
.. can underatand why th• Board would requeat
to be relieved of a nuaber of It• pre .. nt adalnlatratl•• functlona.
Indeed, aa a aatter of practic.l day-to-day operation•, the
Adlllnlatratlon, rather than the Board, la the ac,ency which l•
actually perforalnt the .. function• today.
ConaequenUy, .. have no object.ion to the principle
Incorporated in th••• chancJ••· •• view it aa Imperative, however,
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y the Clty Nen .. er s:o n tlnue t o r qu r t • e ll eppoln
end promotion• be baaed upon •open. coepetltlv ••• In• ona1 •
t h et ..... _. upon th••• aaaalnetlona. en •e1l9lbility llat•
peeper .. , e .. tlaet -..olntaent• end proaotlona be eolely troa
euch • llet. I• t~• ebee,-ce of the•• pre .. nt requlre .. nta. th r
coul• MHr ... •r -•nlntful rewl .. by the aoard of th ~•retlve
.. rlt• of tllle e,.11canta.
Cb) fte Citr ........ r abould be required
to 941._lt ••• pr-.ci1ad ordinance to tbe aoerd and tbe Board ehould
aubalt It• rec1aa:1 .... tlon• to City Council only efter holdincJ
e P'l•llc lllearl .. Uf'Oft the .. tter. Thi• I•, ••••ntlally, the
.... ayat .. lllllcll I• preaentlr required for aoniQCJ change• and
would •••ure U-at, before• career aervlce ayatea la adopted.
Council will•• .. r.oelwed the wleva of the adalnlatretlon. thoae
lay peracNla aoat kaowled9eable ln the are• (the Board). the .. ployee a
and tbe cltlae .. of the Cltr In .. ,,.rel.
b. !!!! ao.rd'a a.v Function•
I. 1'! Preaent Cherter (111716 and 111:l)
Aalde froa lt• reaponalblllty for recoaaending
• car .. r .. rwlce •r•t•• to Council (generally revl~ ebove).
the 9oerd preaently h•• the reeponalblllty of,
Approwlnt tb• .. ,e-up of bar9alnin9 units,
Conduct1119 unit electlona,
llakl119 recoaaendatlona on bargeining •tapaaaes;•
Deterainlnt •9riewancea,• and
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It aluMald be noted th•t the pre•ent c h arter def n 1
• •9rl•••nee• ea,
• ••. eny dl•pute concerniftCJ the
laterpret•tion or appllc•tlon of •ny ~ftlfnc:• written to laple .. n a ny • c tl on
,;. Article. or of• written agree .. nt
'9t ... n t'-e Cltr end a certified ••ploy••
or1eahet1on. or of rul•• oc r!1ul•tlona :sr'"' 11nonnel practice• or worlitng __ uone.
Dftder t ... ~e .. nt charter provialon, therefore. •nx
Cltr ... ior .. , .._tller covered by an aaaociation agree .. nt or
not caucb •• auperwleora or .. na9erlal .. ploy••• or other eaployee s
not Incl~ in a •untt•) .. y 90 to the ll<Mlrd if he or •he bellev 1
th•t a anperwlaor la not falrly applylr19 the personnel rules
or r .. uletlona to bla. There h•••, for eaaaple, been inat•ncea
ln the ... t where a depart .. nt h•ad baa retaliated •galnat an
e~plo, .. bec•u .. tbat •aploy•• filed a grlevanc•. Th• Board
p,e .. •tlJ baa t'-e rltht to r••l•w thla .. tter. Likewlae, if
an ... 107 .. haa been dlacrlalnated ecJ•lnat, the Board .. Y rewiew
the clala, •••• lf no contract l• involved.
11. The Propoa•l (1111814)
All •dalnlatratlv• function• have been reaoved
froa the lloard and the Board la conatituted aolely aa • hearing
body. In th••• hearing•, there will be two partle• the City
Adlllnletretlon, on the one hand, end en eaploy .. or an .. ployee
or9anlaetlon, on the other hand.
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!tie 90erd will •t ill hear a nd decide .. tt r l nvol v ng
••Pl OJ .. or9anlaatlon certlflcatl o n•, unlt deter nat o n a , a n
lapaeMa, etc •
... lore• c pl a int•, however, are divided ln o
the .. ty.-e, aa follow•:
.. cit APf!al• -flt••• involve ~pl a int•
relatl .. to,_. claaelflcation• and .. 1ectlon and proaotion
'1 .... t .. ,
Dlt!lflle,rY Aff!•l• -fll••• Involve contested
teral .. tloaa ... other dlaclplln.ry ac:tlona,
Grlewa~ ApPeala -flt• propoaal would liait
the aoar••• jurladlctlon to tho••i
•which involve an alle9ed violation of the
applicable collectl•• bar9aini119 a9ree .. nt•, and
which do not involve a clai• of di•crla ination .
In adclltlon, the propoaed chan9e would allow the
aoer• to utlliae th• aervlc•• of a heari119 officer in disciplinary
or trlewaace ..... 1 •• !!:!!,! th• eaplox•• I• to ~y l/2 of the hearln9
officer'• coata. 1111• could run anywhere fcoa $200 to $1000
per bearifttl
111. ft• aoarcll '• 1tec.wndatlon
TIie aajor difference• bet .. en the preaent proposal
and t9'e aoard'• recoaaendation appear to be a• followa1
(a) The ao.rd baa recoaaended that it continue
to retain the authority •to interpret and apply• the proviaiona
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of "-ceree r .. ,.tee or Ina ne•• a o a • to • n•ure a ll f ull-
per anent c laaaltied ••Pl oy a f a ir a n equ ta l e r a• n •:·
and
(b) While the Board h•• recoaaended tha
It be ••thorlaed to utlllae • hearlncJ o ffi c er. It haa !?2! rec
.. ..._. t••t t._ ... loy .. be char9ed with any o f the co•t • lnvol ed .
Oft t._ eoatrerr, It le our u~ratendlncJ that the Board la !?2!
In fe90r of thl• prowlelon.
, .. or floeltlon
.. do not object to the 9eneral foraat of the
pra,a•., ch•nt••· In our •l•w. howe••r. It would be unconsci onable
to:
(e) Grent, by Charter and ordinances. varlou•
rllf!St to ... ior .. • and, t._n, provide tho•• eaployeea no recour se
to t9'e aoar•, If ta.oee rl•hta are •lolated. The ao.rd should
ret•l• It• preaent authority to deteraine whether an ••ploy••'•
cherter or or•laaaee rlthta have been violeted and, If ao, to
pro•l .. • ,....,, juat •• It aay do preaently.
(b) a.quire en eaploy .. , who haa been iaproperly
dlachert .. or diaclpllned, to pay the coata Incurred by the~
to prow• thet he••• dealt with unfairly! Indeed. we are of
the •lew that .. ,aoua conatitutionel iaauea would be presented
it thla particular chan9e were approved. See, Weiaaaan v. Board
of !!!!sftloe, ltO Colo. 414, S47 P.2d 1267, decided by the Colorado
Supre .. Court In 1976.
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In addi tion to the a ra,
a• Counc il to cOf'l a ider t f o llowln9 wo u J•c
(a ) •• r coqnll• th•t ,
that th• Cttr ia •,utlty• or dlacrlalnatl on a• at
un • ly
on e cl •l•
lnorl a
or wcaen, th• ultt .. te decl ai o n upon th•l c l•l• r • wit th~
fe .. ral co.rt•. llowewer, the aa .. fed ral l aw w ch prohl !ta
the Cltr froa dlacrlalnatin41, require• ua t o take auch a c tion•
•• .. ,be aeceaaarr to obviate the effect• of any diacrialnatory
precticea. If, at one fell awoop, the City eli•lnate• objective
teatl111, ll!tll'ISI •• froa n .. otiatin9 over the Citr'• recrultaent
and hirl111 •ractlcea (propoaed lll71S) and!?!!_! an ••ployee fr OII
tol"' before the 9oard on• dlacrialnatlon clala, th• Clty will,
ltaelf, be prowldi"' • fertile field for agencle• auch aa the
Color~ Clwll althta Coaalaalon or the United States Equal l!aploya•nt
Opportunttr Caaalaalon to ••••rt that lt ha• abandoned all or
it• pr••loua effort• at •afflr•atl•• action• (IS-1-4, En9lewood
Municipal~). In our view, it would be to everyone'• benefit
to r-.utre tt.e City to ne9otiate with eaployee oc9anlaatlona
over It• r-«:rult .. nt and hlrin9 police• (including ne9otlation a
over f u ture fflr•atlve action proqcam a) an t o reo ul r• all eaploy
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(h l :,.in •,-, d , whPn tn.-or1 1 11 (.l)d t ~t
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kelationa) ha• alway• been an •ea officio• .. abec o f that Board •
Under ta.. preaent Cbarter provl1iona, where the Board, le9ally,
baa the reaponalbllltr over teatlng, certification of eligible
applicant•, and t•n•ral approval over all peraonnel action•,
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It la ..et~r•l, t8'erefor•, that the Personnel Directo r a c ••
an ad•leor to the aoard under preaent cl r cu .. enc ea.
~l that will be ch•ncJ•d lf the pr • nt propo la .,. ~ ...
After the adoption of the pr•aent propo••l•, the
OftlJ •areet relatlCM1ahlp bet ... n the Board and th• Director will be
that or •,.rty• anc1 •j'""•·· alnce the onlJ function of the ard
will~ to 11o1• hearlnt• anc1 to .. k• declaion•, in which proceeding •
the Director will be only one of two or aor• •adv raerlea.•
ullMler th• propoaed ch•ncJ•, then, the Board~
be, ...... t pre .. ftt the .,,.arence of being, totally Independent.
It will IIO lC>ftter 9'a•• anr need for enr adainiatrative aaaiatence
froe the Director or hia ataff.
tllerefor•, .. ur9• thia
charter ... "4111eftt .tilch .ould prohibit the Director of .. ployee
aelatlona rraa .. ,•Int ln any adviaory capacity to the Board
a"d wtllch .ould author!•• the Board, aubject only to auch
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Durln9 calenc1ar year 1979, the City eaployed epproal-
aatelr S1l different lndlvlduala. Of th••• S71 different individual •,
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by the propoaed ... l\d nt . The reaalning Ind v dual• ar •c
•auper•laora.• • .. n .. erlel .. ployeea,• •probationary aploy a •
•part-ti .. .aploy .. a.• ·••••Pt ••Ploy••· or •con re e t e ployees .•
The preaent propoaed ... ndaenta. therefor • ld no affe c t
approal .. telJ 1l1 of the people upon which this City relie s to
pro•I .. 811nlcl .. l .. ,.le•• to ita cltlaena •
.. ltber the lloerd'a recoaaend•tlona, nor the
Adalnl1tratl0ft'a propoaala, •'•• conalder•tlon to the rights
or ta.. ~ .. flt• of th••• ,-ople at all. Indeed. both the Board
and t._ ,...lnlatratlon alaply le•v• th•• •out.•
Whether th••• people h•v• any right• under the
pre .. nt cttarter and ordinance• 1• aubject to aerloua legel question.
TIie Cltr la preaently Involved ln • lewault over the right• of
two ao-called •part-t1 .. • eaployeea, who, for four Y••r•, worked
for thl• City~ hour• per ... k than •ny ao-c•lled •ru11-t1 .. •
... 1.., .. did.
•• can underetand why the City would •dopt • policy
th•t t9'e .. type• of eaploy••• ahould not have the right to be
repreaented by ue. Since we're t•lkincJ about nearly 401 of ell
of tbe people which the eithena of the City rely upon, however,
-,. bell••• that the Ch•rter ahould clearly apell out the following
prlnclplea1
1. Th• wa9••• boura. and workincJ conditions
of tlle .. eaploy••• ahould be unifora aa aaong the .... class
of ... lor•••, i.e •• • s,.rt-ti .... ploy•• in Public Worka who
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o.part .. Rl t a dol~ • ou l r•c elv the aa• ••9 • •n n et a;
11. tt e houl d be this City Coun c ll • l c h, by
ordinaace, •hould eetabllah1
Cal fll• wag••, hour• and rlt ng c nd tl o n a
of tNH ,eople1 and
(b) fll• nwaber or auch eapl oy••• which •ny
.... ,taeat, Oft aft annual ba•l•, l• authorised to eaploy1 and
Ill. If any or th••• people believe that the
JM1alaletratlon ha• not coaplled wlth thl• council'• ordinance
re41ulr ... •t•, he or •h• ahould be entitled to g o before the Board
and let tbe aoerd decide th• dlapute.
If the council were to adopt thl• type of ayate•,
the •teft-out• ... lo,••• would not r.«iulre repreaentatlon by
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Under the preaent c harter provlaiona, •ny group
or @altloyee• ••Y be repreeented by1
•any ~1wru1 or9anlaatlon which
lnclu ea .. ploy .. • or the City
prowlded, howewer, that aaid or9anl -
aatlon ha• no re•trlctlon upon .. aber-
ahlp baaed on race, color, creed,•••
or national orl9ln.•
rraa a hlatorlcal perepec:tl•e, however, there
ha• ..ewer been any organlaatlon which ha• been deaignated to
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l e l ,,oup conalatlnt of the City eapl oy •••, t he s lvea --u
to thla ,.lat, neltber th• AFL-CIO (which repr•• nt• ••ny a un clpel
.. ,ior .. •), nor t8'e ,..aaater• (which repr•••nt eny pollc de~rt••n
... 10,.-a) -.. •• a.en ebl• to •or9enlae• eny or thl• Clty'• eapl oy ••·
tt. tit• ,,919111 (11)7&2)
TIie propoeed Ch•rter ... ndaent• .. k• two al9nlfl c ent
che11t•• •• followa•
(a) IIO ortanlaetlon whlch edalt• •uperwtaor •
or t9'e CltJ to ...a,er•hlp can repreaent eny •renk end file• eapl oy•••1
end
(b) IIO or9enlaetlon c•n repre•ent the pollc
... ior .. • 11 that ortanlaatlon l• effllleted, either ·dtrectly
or l_.lreatlr,• wlth anr ortanlaatlon which adalt• to .. aberahip
any naft-,Ollc• ... lor•••• either of th• City of snqlewood or
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tlll• latter prowl•lon .. en• of cour••, th•t th•
Sft9l...,._. IIOllc• .. neflt Aa•ocletlon cannot continue to repre aent
the Police Departaent eaploY••• tr lt 1• •effllleted,• either
dlrectlJ or •tftdlr,stlJ•, wlth eny of th• following org•nia•t iona,
eaonq ot9'era:
APL-CIO
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AP90IS (whlch repreaent• th• .. ploy .. • of
aor• tlla• one cloaen Polle• oe~rtaent• ln the •tete) 1
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whi ch allow• a CltJ a uper wlaor to bee
th• . .. r r
be peraltted to repr•• nt rank a nd fi le aploy a.
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1'le lloerd did not r•coaiNnd th• any res c ctiona ,
oth•r ta.ea that lnYOl•lnt City auperviaor a, be pl a c e upon pol ice
NPlor .. al ...
lubject to certain la119ua9e changes with reapect
to the .. flnltlon of •auperwtaor,• we have no objection to ••eluding
City a-..rwlaora froe .. llberahip in th• gen•r•l ••pl oy•••' organlrat on .
llnce t8'eJ will !111! r .. ain aubject to th• career service system,
however, .. bell••• that they ahould continue to have ace•••
to the aoard for reaolutlon of •9rlevancea• involvir19 their working
cond I tl Olla •
.. cannot accept the pcopoaitlon, however, that
thla City can plac• auch a broad, blanket ban on citiaens' eight
t o aaaociate with any lawfwl organisation•• that pcopoaed for
the police. Jn our view, auch a blanket prohibition would infringe
wpon the police eaploy•••' First Aaendllent cl9hta •
e. '11M lub1tcta tor Neqotiation
i. The Prtaent Prowlelona (111712-5)
ftle preaent charter provlalon• authorise 11e9otiat iona
over •w .. ea, hour• and other ter•• and i:ondltion• ot .. ployiNnt.•
Thia la tradl tlonal phaaeolotJ and la to be found ln nuaerou•
law• re atl119 elther to prlwate or to public eaployaent.
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t h e th• City reteina wari oua righ a, a uch •• th r 9h o d
the ••••&Oft or eec:h depert .. nt, t o a et etandarda of ••rv lc o
the public, to •••rel•• control end diaccetton o ver lt• oper a ttona;
to relle.,. ... lop .. • free duty becauee of lack of work, e nd o
deterat11e t.._ .. t~a, .. •n• and ,-raonnel by whi ch the City'•
operetloae are to be COftducted. Th••• eubjecte are~ n•gotla ble .
aowewer, t•• preaent charter cto.a provide thet the City will
•confer• (ROt 1M90tlate) over the •practi c al conaequencea• upon
eaplopee• of •nr ~•••°" upon th••• .. ttera.
II. n, PrOfO!•l (lll71t)
TIie propoeed chent•• adopt• t•rrlbly eophlattcated
ayatea where warloue aubjecte for bar9elnln9 are diwlded Into
one of tbr .. tr011pe.
flret, both the City and the eaplor••• are prohibited
froa bertalnlnt with respect to1
Cl•••lflcatlon and recl•••iflcation of joba 1
.. cruit .. nt and hirlr191
baalnaUon,
Certification of eaploy••••
Pro.otlona to aupervlaory, .. nagerial or
.. lectlon of lnaurance cerriera.
lecond, both partlea ere requlred to ne9otlate
•••••, lncludlr19 overtl .. pay, ectln9 pay,
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Pre -8oard heerln• 9rlevence procedur 1
Unlfor••r
Sdu c atlonal lncenttvea, and
Ttl• contrlbutlon level o f ln•ur nee and re lre -
Tlllrd, any eubject not apeclflcally .. ntloned
above .. , be .... the eubject or negotletlon• only lf the Clty
a,, ... , on• c•••-bJ-c••• baala, to en9e9• ln euch ne9otlatl on•.
rlnally, the preeent propoaal delete• rroa the
preeent Charter th• requlr ... nt for the Adalnlatratlon to confer
wlth ... lor••• o.er any .. tter not the •ubject or •andatory bergein lng .
All or the aubject• upon which bargelntng would
not be r~ulred under th••• provlalon• cannot be vlauellaed.
One atrlklnt •• ... l• coae• to alnd.
luppo•• the CltJ Adalnlatretlon deteralned, for
cos t or other reaaon, to adopt the Keiaer plen foe City eaployeea.
Since thl• would probeblJ involve the •aelectlon• of en lneurance
cecrler, the .-ploy••• would be prohibited froa bargeinlng over
thet .. clalon. Indeed, even thou9h the benefit• of e health
lneura.ce or penalon pr09raa la or vitel concern to eaployee•,
the propoeed doe•!!!! require bar9alnln9 over th••• .. tter•
only Ypoft the£!!! or the progr .. to the Cltyl And, lf the City
decl .. • to becoae • aelf-lnauror ln a011e or theae areas, how
ln the world l• the Cltr'• •contribution level• going to be
deteralned for 11e9otlatlon purpose•.
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ba r9 alal .. ewer a • .. 1ntenance o t neflt a• c lauae. a o that
City lfOUl• ._ able to chan9e condltlona. wl hou ba r9 al nln9 ,
on anr .. tter IIOt epec:ltlcallr covered by the cont ract.
Ill. JI'! IOerd'a aec oaaendatlon
tt.e aoerd bee ea,slrts•llY recoaaended that the
Cltr N rs Od to N90tlau OHr .. ,nunance ot t>.netlta.
It aleo raa ,.._. tbet .,..otletlone be r-.ulred o,,er •euepen• o ne •
..._,t, ... , •lecher .. •• end •trenefer procedure•.• ftleee are
aot l11el .... In the a.lalnlatratlon propoeale. ftleae, of cour•••
•r• •ltRlflcant dlfferencea.
h. ro,ltlon
.. could ecce,t the !9frd'p recoaaendatlon. aubj ect
to thrN cllefttee,
(e) ftlat the benefit• of• .. dlcal. hoapl tal l -
1atl011 ... •aeabllltr plan (not lnvolvln9 • federal or •t•t•
r .. ulr .. pr09r-J be included •• • .. ndatory 1ubject,
(bl ftlet the~ be given epecific authority
and jurledlctlon to deteralne whether• p.rticular .. tter le,
or l• not,• .. ndatory eubject of bar9alnir19 under the charter
provlelon, and
(cl ftle eaployeea and other clti1en• be
tlven •• ClfllOrtunltr to •olce thelr vi ... upon auch .. ttere ••
a cleealfleetlon plan and other non-negotiable .. ttera in• public
hearlnt Nfor• the Board,•• .. have 1u99eated above.
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I. T"! Preaent Pro•lalona (113718)
,re .. ntlr, lf the p•rtlea reach an·••~• e• ln
their Re90tlatl0fte, the followln, procedure ia followed1
Plrat, the ao.rd atte•pta to ... dlate• th
If unaucceaaful, the aoard hold• a hearing
and .. , .. a r•ecea .. •1, .... tlOft, If neither partr object• to thla
r•ecl!tlll_.1 ... tlN, tllat rec 1 1ndatlon becolN• the contract, and
If eltber partr object•, a apeclal election
la Nld at wlllch lie wotera ha•• a choice between,
th• cu,.
'l'lte Adalnlatratlon'• propoaalr
Th• ortanlaatlon'• propoaalr or
Th• aoard '• recoaaendatlon.
t'lle coat• or auch election are to be borne by
11. ,,. ,,,...,1 (113711)
The Allalnlatratlon'• propoaal would ••k• the following
al9nlflcant cha"'•••
Th• Board would no lo119er att••Pt to .. diate
the dlapute,
Th• Board could only pa•• upon undatory
aubjecta of bartalnlnt, ••en thou9h the partlea had, aontha previously,
agreed to bargain upon other aubjecta,
One-balf of the eapen••• of the Board would
be paid bf the -.1or .. •,
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t o the YOtera, ao that the •o ter• coul d no t ••Y, l n ettect , ·•
platu•....,. both Jour houaea• and ado pt th• Board'• ce ca.a
'"'• coat or the elec tl o n la to be bo r n y
the pertr _.jectl"' to th aoard'• recoaaendetl o n,
II the .-plo y••• objected, they would be
r .. ulr .. to poet a bond to co••r the coat• or th• election.
Ill. tltt l!tc•'• !PS ,nctaUon
Aa • read tlle aoard'• propoeal, lt .. r .. • th• 1
It• .. dlation function ahould be retlOYed
froe It• reaponalblllty, end
'"'• eaploy• • ahould pey 1/2 of the ao.rd'e
,earl .. •• .. n•••• ...
1'lle objectl119 pertJ ahould pay the coat•
or tlle election.
OIi tbe other hand, lt appear• that the Board'•
recce111 .. 1•••••atl011a ••• .. r•• upon the followl1191
'"'• aoard recoaaend• that lt conalder !!l
aubjecta llflO" wfllcb the partle1 have been ne9otiatin9, whet h r
ther are technlcallr •aanctatory• or not,
'"'• aoard ae,clflcallY recoaaenda that it s
propoaal !l!! appear upon the ballot.
I•. 11111111ary or Poaltlon
•• could accept the Board'• recoaaendatlon with
one r•••r•atlon. Tit• eaploy••• have no hand ln the election
proc••• and no war, therefore, to control coata. Under these
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l oee oorte. •• bell••• tha t , upon thla eu bject , the pr
Cherter •ro•lelOII ehould re••ln unchen9ed.
•• ltrlkff and Work ll01>Pe9e1 (11 371 8)
I. t'laf Preeent Prowlelona
,-. •r•••nt Charter contalna no ••er••• probiblt lon
UIJOII •trike•, althoufh the fact tbat It require• an election
to .. ttle oe11trect dt•.-at•• and• IIOard hearing to eettle ••rlevencea•
naturallr Infer• that th•••, and not work atoppe9ea, are the
••cluaa .... •n• of .. ttllnt th••• type• of dleputea. And, of
cour••, ta..re ha• n•••r been a etrlke by City eaployeea nor,
ao far•• .. kllOW, newer any dlecuealon ebout •triking aJ10n9at
eaplo,Na.
ll. 7"! PJotpOftl (Sll717)
"'• Mlalnletretlon'• propoeal would prohibit all
etrlk••· In ..,ltlon, It lfOUld prowld• for llllledlate dl .. leeal
of ••r etrlkere, IIOUld allow for ·••l•ctlw• dl•clpllne• (I.e.,
not ewe,,... ..... ,,,. ln the etrlke would be dlachar9ed) and
wou1• autaaatlcallf oau•• any ••l•tln9 contract to teralnate.
II t. ft• IIOard • • .. coaa.nda tlon
"'• Board'• recoaaendation la •••entlally the
•a•• ••cept In two lnatanc••, •• follower
C•> That recoaaendatlon doe• not provide
for •eeleetl•• dleclpllne,• and
(b) It .. , •• clear that any di .. laaal for
thla rea•on l• •ubjeet to rewlew by the IIOard.
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Our aeeocl atl on a' poaltlon upon th• pro al
l• r••llJ twofold.
Plret, ln •i•w of the fact that neither aa oc1 a t1on
he• e .. , e ...... ln • work atopp•9•, o r even threatened to do
eo, .. , .. 1 ahock .. th•t either the Board or the Adainlatratl on
belle ... It 11eee••err to 90 to the len9the which they have i n
thla ., ..... 1 to lapu9n the preeent ••ploy•••' aotlve• J n thl•
reepect.
lecond, we rec09ni•• that the •ub j e ct of •trik e
by pybllc eaplo,ee• la• controverelal one, although legal coun el
he•..,,, ... ua th•t it ia a aatter 9overned by •tate lav, not
by• Cltr'• ch•rter •... erthele•e, public eaployee•, In general,
reeort to thla ... aure onlr when• •e•t aajority or th•• b4tcoa.
fruatrat .. by loc•l pollclee which •ppear to the• to relegate
thea to •aecolWl-cle•• cltl1enah1p• end when there do not ••i•t
eapedlent, lneapenel•• and effectl•• .. •n• for redr•••· If the
CitJ ..... t• ... aur•• which do not allow for eaployee input over
aattera of aubat•ntlal lntereat to th•• and, et the•••• ti••,
aak•• tlM dlapyte reeolutlon aachlnery •o expensive for the.
to utlllae th•t lt would be beyond the reach of the individual
eaploree, or of the inforaal, loc•l organlaatlona, involved,
the lne•it•ble reault will be th•t the City'• ••ploy•••, out
of• •e ... of tltelr fruatratlon, will n•turally be encoura9ed
to tu,n to aore fln•nclallJ well-equlpp.d, end aore ailltant
ortanlaatlon• to repre .. nt thea.
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•r•t .. ••• .... n recotnlaed •• one whi ch d • not lnvol•• oppoalt on
t o all c,a .... Indeed, we h•••, we believe, att••pted to •ccoaaod•t
eoae ... ~r•' ....,_atlon to c erteln au99eated ch•ngea to• reallatlc
wl .. of ... t tlle ... ,ntetr•tlon f••l• la laport•nt. In tek ing
t•l• ~...aa ... a.ll••• that, lf thoee ch•nt•• which •re of
wltal ..... ,. to•• oaft, 11, .. , ... be recotnlaed bf the Adalnlatr•tlon ,
• .. ,, .. of -.uer -ndae•t• can be .. reed upon which would
.. , •• tlle .. t ... 1 latereet end benefit of all partl•• ln•ol•ed •
... certalaly, are aoet wllllnt to alt down with repreeentatlve a
of tlle ... lnl•tratlon and to att••Pt to work out the probl ...
that pre .. ntlr .,..a, to ••l•t between ua •
.. a..ltted thlsti/l_~ar of Au9uat, 1910.
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cou ... 1 for ..,lwood -lor•••
Aaaoclatloa uc1 llntlewood tollce
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