HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1983-047Suggested by: Administration
CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 63-47
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA RE-
QUESTING THE THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA TO
DEFEAT SB 115 AND HB 200 ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL
RIGHTS OF PEACE OFFICERS" WHICH IS DESIGNED TO SET UP SEPARATE
PERSONNEL REGULATIONS AS OPPOSED TO ALL OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
EMPLOYEES.
WHEREAS, all governmental employees, including peace officers
work under a personnel code designed and adopted by the governing
agency for which these employees work, and
-__ WHEREAS, SB 115 and HB 200 carry with them the implication peace
officers are entitled to separate rights than other fellow
governmental employees and even superior rights over the con-
stituency for whom he is employed, and
WHEREAS, peace officers under the law already have the same
rights as any other individual in the State of Alaska, with the
specific exception as provided for in AS 23.10.037 (b), and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Kenai believes that peace officers
should be treated no differently than any other governmental
employee who has responsibility to perform honestly, competently
and adequately for their employer, i.e., the citizens of each
governing agency of a particular entity, and
WHEREAS, SB 115 and HB 200 provide rights that are superior to
any other governmental worker or workers in private industry for
which there has been no legal justification other than providing
for equality of treatment with other government and private
industry employees under AS 23.10.37.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, ALASKA that said Council go on record urging the Thir-
teenth Legislature of the State of Alaska to defeat SB 115 and HB
200 on the basis that it will create a special type of relation-
ship between employee and employer for a single group of em-
ployees that will not result in any benefits to the health or
welfare of the cities of the State of Alaska, and further resolve
that immediately after the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk
of the City of Kenai shall mail copies thereof to Governor
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William J. Sheffield, Senators Rodey, Kelly, Ray, Sturgulewski
and Kerttula and Senate State Affairs Committee members Senators
Vic Fischer, Bill Ray and Tim Kelly, Senate Judiciary Committee
members Senators Bill Ray, Joe Josephson, Richard Eliason, Fritz
Pettyjohn and Robert Ziegler; and in addition, copies to Senators
Don Gilman, Paul Fischer, Representatives Hugh Malone, Milo
Fritz, Bette Cato.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA this 6th day
of April, 1983.
Ray sale , Vice -Mayor
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Jan1& Whelan, City Clerk
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