1985-09-23 - Resolution 1985-49 - OPPOSING LOCAL GOVERNMENT COVERAGE UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT\J \-/
RESOLUTToN NO. 85- 49
RESOLUTION OPPOSING LOCAL GOVERN}..IENT COVERAGE
UNDER T1IE FAIR LASOR STANDARDS ACT
the Village of Buffalo Grove has always maintalned the position
euployee relations is indispensible to the delivery of public
WHEREAS ,
that anlcable
services; and,
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove views rhe decision by the United
States Suprene Court in the case of Garcia v San Antonio as insertin I the
Federal Covernmeot lnto the arena of local employee relations; and,
WI{EREAS, the Vlllage of Buffalo Grove also vlews r{lth alarm the apparent
disregard of the Tenth Amendment to the constitutlon of the unlted states by
the Supreme Court in the Garcia Declslon; and,
WHEREAS, the only recourse that local governments have with regard to
thls costly and admlnis tratlvely burdensome decision is to seek redress by
the Congress of the Unlted States3
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TIIE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
0F' THE VILLAGE 0F BUFFAL0 GROVE, C00K AND LAKE C0UNTIES, ILLINOIS, to call upon
senators Alan Dlxon and Paul simon and Representatlve John porter to support
amendatory Ieglslatlon to the Fair Labor Standards Act that:
l) Exenpts lndividuals who provlde service to state and local govern-oents on a volunteer basls from the wage and hour provlsloni;
2) Exempts all state and local employees from the overtlme provlslonsrhlch effectively preclude the option of compensatory tl;e off;
3) Elininate retroactivity under the 1aw for the perlod prlor to theDepartment of Labor eoforcement date of Octobei fS, fggi;-""a
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of thls resolution be forwarded to
Senators Dlxon and Sl.non and Representative porter, the Northwest Municlpal
Conference, the Illinois Munlcipal League, the National League of Clties and
the Natlonal Associatlon of Torrms and Torrmshlps.
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AYES: 6 - Marlenthal . OrReillv. Glover. Reid. Shields. Kowalski
NAyES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
AppROVED: September 23,
ATTEST:
1985
r985
APPROVED :
VERNA L. CLAYTON,Village P ident
q"",EYn &-t'i.r.
villagdJle<k
pASSED: Septeober 23,