HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2107 - Urging settlement of Labor issues between Marysville Education Association and Marysville School DistrictCITY OF MARYSVILLE
Marysville,Washington
RESOLUTION NO. 2107
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL
URGING SETTLEMENT OF LABOR ISSUES BETWEEN
MARYSVILLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND MARYSVILLE
SCHOOLDISTRICT.
WHEREAS,the Marysville City Council recognizes that the City has no authority to require
settlement of a collective bargaining agreement or other labor issues between the parties;and
WHEREAS,the Marysville City Council recognizes that the protracted negotiations between
the Marysville School District (District) and the Marysville Education Association (MEA) and the
resulting labor issues have caused significant direct impacts to public education in the City of
Marysville; and
WHEREAS,the Marysville City Council also recognizes the community-wide impacts
resulting from said labor issues.Examples of such impacts are overtime for Marysville Police and
extraordinary demands on the Marysville Public Library; and
WHEREAS,the Marysville City Council is vitally interested in the community-wide effect
the strike has had on business, teachers, the school administration,and especially parents and their
student age children;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON AS FOLLOWS:
The Marysville City Council urges the District and the MEA to use every reasonable method
to settle their differences,negotiate a fair and equitable collective bargaining agreement and most
importantly,to settle the labor issues which led to the protracted strike. The Marysville City Council
requests that the District and the MEA keep at the forefront the importance of providing quality
education for the school age children of our community.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this 20th day of October 2003.
CITY OF MARYSVILLE
By a~J»&i1
DAVID A.ElSER,Mayor
Approved as to form:
By/J~k.L-Ju.oQ
GRANT K. WEED, City Attorney
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