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Boo K 23 eA 463 LEE COUNTY C) (D0V CJ (3 000Q~ 0 C3 Ci Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL 3194 COLLECTING BARGAINING BILL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS WHEREAS, nearly 32,000 North Carolina State and local public safety employees could begin negotiating contracts with unions if recently introduced federal legislation becomes law; and WHEREAS, local officials and associations have great concerns over costs to taxpayers, burdens to administrators, the ability of law enforcement to respond, and constitutionality of the legislation; and WHEREAS, Senate Bill 3194 could bypass committee review and proceed to the floor and become law quickly without substantive debate; and WHEREAS, over 28,000 municipal and county law enforcement workers and paid firefighters would fall under the bill along with nearly 3,800 public safety positions in State government, including members of the Highway Patrol, employees of the State Bureau of Investigation, and others; and WHEREAS, Senate Bill 3194 could bring about tax increases and layoffs; and WHEREAS, Senate Bill 3194 is an expensive, unfunded mandate that could result in the same services being delivered at a much higher cost and could create an adversarial relationship between employee and employer and lead to collective bargaining with other public employees. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lee County Board of Commissioners does hereby oppose Senate Bill 3194 or any other bill that would have this provision for collective bargaining attached to it, and ask that the North Carolina delegation support this decision. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this executed resolution be forwarded to Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan for support. Adopted this 7th day of June 2010 L)hV,a A. Shook, Commissioner and Sponsor Le County Board of Commissioners Richard B. Hayes, Chairman' U Lee County Board of Commissioners