HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 131-86Resolution No. 131-86
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD OPPOSING THE "CALIFORNIA
FAIR PAY" INITIATIVE.
WHEREAS, the so-called "California Fair Pay" Initiative shall
appear on the November, 1986 ballot; and
WHEREAS, this initiative would limit compensation of state and
local officials to no more than eighty percent of the governor's
salary; and
WHEREAS the initiative severely damages California's competitive
position in retaining and attracting top talent to public service
positions; and
WHEREAS the arbitrary limits set by the initiative are in
conflict with the marketplace in which California must compete
for technical and managerial skills; and
WHEREAS the initiative destroys rational salary setting due to
the arbitrary limits it establishes and the compaction problems
it creates with respect to salary structures; and
WHEREAS the management of California's public business could
suffer serious, perhaps irreparable damage as a result of the
loss of competent managers that the initiative would cause; and
WHEREAS the concept of establishing the governor's salary
single salary standard and top public salary in the State
inappropriate and unworkable; and
as a
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WHEREAS this initiative would prohibit all public employees from
accumulating sick leave and vacation time from one year to the
next; and
WHEREAS the so-called "California Fair Pay" Initiative could
actually result in higher, not lower, pensions for some already
highly-compensated former public officials; and
WHEREAS the immediate cost of the Initiative to the City of
Ba~ersf eld and its taxpayers could be over eight million dollars
($8,000,000).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD DOES HEREBY OPPOSE the so-called "California Fair
Pay" Initiative and urges its defeat by the voting public.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 10th day of September, 1986, by the
following vote:
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED this 10th day of September, 1986.
MAYOR of the City oI' Ba&ersfield
APPROVED as to form: