00 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 6                                                                                                 
01 Relating to the monetary terms of the Public Safety Unit arbitration.                                                   
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:                                                                                           
03  WHEREAS the legislature has declared that it is the public policy of the state to                                      
04 promote harmonious and cooperative relations between government and its employees; and                                  
05  WHEREAS the legislature has declared that it is the public policy of the state to                                      
06 protect the public by assuring effective and orderly operations of government; and                                      
07  WHEREAS the legislature has been presented with the monetary terms of the                                              
08 arbitrator's award to the Public Safety Employees Association bargaining unit of state                                  
09 employees; and                                                                                                          
10  WHEREAS it is the duty of the legislature to consider and approve or disapprove the                                    
11 terms of the arbitrator's award; and                                                                                    
12  WHEREAS the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment awarded by                                            
13 the arbitrator are excessive when compared to those voluntarily agreed to by other state                                
14 employee organizations; and                                                                                             
01  WHEREAS the Senate finds that the costs associated with the arbitrator's award do                                      
02 not adequately balance the interests of the employees with those of the public; and                                     
03  WHEREAS the Senate finds that it is not consistent with public policy as expressed                                     
04 in the Public Employment Relations Act to implement the nonmonetary terms alone;                                        
05  BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate disapproves the monetary terms of the arbitrator's                                      
06 award and requests that the state and the Public Safety Employees Association reenter                                   
07 negotiations to arrive at an agreement that adequately balances the interests of the public and                         
08 the employees; and be it                                                                                                
09  FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate will not consider a separate appropriation                                            
10 item for the increased cost of the monetary terms of the arbitrator's award and the negotiated                          
11 agreements between the state and the Public Safety Employees Association; and be it                                     
12  FURTHER RESOLVED that the State of Alaska may not use money appropriated                                               
13 for personal services to implement the negotiated or awarded increase to the cost of monetary                           
14 terms under the collective bargaining agreement.