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HEARING - Consider recommendations from the Legislative Committee Program meeting of June 16, 2003, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Oppose AB 1141 (Diaz) which would extend agency shop agreements to supervisory and confidential employees;
b) Oppose AB 1156 (Nunez) Meyers-Millias-Brown Act (MMBA), which revises the definition of "employee organization" for purposes of MMBA to include any organization that "seeks" to represent employees of a public agency in their relations with that public agency and would expand the role of Public Employees Relations Board (PERB) by authorizing it to adopt rules to apply in areas where a public agency has no rule and to challenge agency rules and regulations irrespective of currently negotiated grievance procedures and dispute resolution processes;
c) Oppose SB 163 (Alarcon) Service Contracts, which authorizes cities and counties to contract out for services with private entities, if the contract would result in cost savings, as defined within the bill, and if one of seven provisions included in the bill is met;
d) Watch SB 18 (Burton) a spot bill dealing with Native American Sacred Sites and Draft Amendments, proposed by the Author, to be considered for inclusion in the bill;
e) Support the annual renewal, and Authorize the Board Chair to sign the attached Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and Waterman and Associates Governmental Relations (not a local vendor), for the provision of Federal Advocacy services as identified in exhibit A - Statement of Work, for the period of July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004, for an amount not to exceed $116,000.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
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