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BOOK 22 mE i20 <br />RESOLUTION <br />OPPOSING THE PASSAGE OF THE <br />PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE COOPERATION ACT <br />WHEREAS, the local governments of the State of North Carolina have a rich history of <br />supporting public safety employees, and <br />WHEREAS, there is proposed legislation entitled "The Public Safety Employer-Employee <br />Cooperation Act" which would require state and local governments to collectively bargain with <br />North Carolina public safety employees (police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical <br />personnel) by creating a federalized collective bargaining system for public safety officers, and <br />WHEREAS, mandated collective bargaining for public safety is an unnecessary intrusion by the <br />federal government into local government operations and constitutes "micro-management" of <br />local government operations, and <br />WHEREAS, this legislation severely restricts the freedom of state and local governments to <br />tailor their policies to their needs, and <br />WHEREAS, if the proposed legislation becomes law, the next logical step may be the allowance <br />of strikes by public employee labor unions which would have a detrimental effect on the safety <br />of local government citizens by putting vital public services at risk, and <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina local governments are already facing budgetary constraints to meet <br />the needs of its citizens, and <br />WHEREAS, this legislation would impose a substantial unfunded mandate on state and local <br />governments and may force state and local governments to either cut services or raise taxes. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of Lee County, North <br />Carolina, hereby opposes the passage of the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation <br />Act and strongly encourages our congressional representatives to oppose this legislation. <br />Adopted this (o~_ day of IT ,rkl 2009. <br />j <br />fida A. Shook, Sponsor <br />ounty Commissioner <br />Richard B. Hayes, Chair <br />County Board of Commissioners <br />NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COUNTY <br />Presented for regisMOon on the 9 -day <br />of Q 20,C) _at a a(° <br />recorded in Book O--), Page (o r <br />Mollie A. McInnis, Raglstarof Deeds <br />