HomeMy WebLinkAbout2437_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 2 +37
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
OPPOSED TO THE PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 1280
WHEREAS, unemployment insurance was first established as a
matter of sound public policy and in order to avoid the economic
and social evils of recurring and persistent unemployment, the
compulsory funds set aside were to be used for a system of unemploy-
ment insurance to reduce involuntary unemployment and the suffering
caused thereby to a minimum; and
WHEREAS, public employees in the City of Redlands are not within
the group requiring protection of the Unemployment Insurance Code
and it is illogical to contribute approximately 4% of a public payroll
to a fund to be used for the benefit of private employees , and
WHEREAS, in order to alleviate the present low reserve Unemploy-
ment Insurance fund, a state tax should be levied and public employees
should not be called on to provide a subsidy in order to assure the
solvency, of the fund, and.
WHEREAS, because employees covered by the California. Unemployment
Insurance Code are consequently covered by disability insurance,
public employees of the City of Redlands would have to pay 1% of the
first $5 , 600 of their annual wages for benefits which they now enjoy
under a well-established health and sick leave program, and
WHEREAS, because unemployment insurance is not necessary for
public employees in the City of Redlands, under the proposals of
Assembly Bill No . 1280, the plan would cost the state, county, city
and district taxpayers In the State of California about $100 million
in additional taxes ;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS :
Section 1.
The City Council, for and on behalf of the people of the City of
Redlands , opposes the passage of Assembly Bill No. 1280 and urges the
state legislature to retain the present and proven system.
Section 2.
That certified copies of this Resolution be sent to Governor
Edmund G. Brown, Lt. Governor Glenn M. Axid-.erson; President Pro Tempore
of the Senate Hugh M. Burns ; Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh; Senator
Eugene Nesbit ; Assemblyman Stuart Hinckley and Richard Carpenter of
the League of California Cities .
Introduced, approved and adopted this 16th day of March, 1965.
ATTEST:
Mayor of the City of R ands
City Clerk
City of Redlan s