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(<\/strong>Go here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to easily send your senators an email opposing SB 850).<\/strong><\/p>\n

This morning the Senate Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee passed\u00a0Senate Bill 850<\/a>, a bill that would\u00a0exempt police and fire<\/a>\u00a0from PA 54 so they can have retroactive pay increases after a contract expires.<\/p>\n

In 2011 the legislature passed a number of reforms to help employers control costs and be better stewards of taxpayer resources. One of the, if not the, most significant reform was to prohibit retroactive pay increases after a contract has expired. This game changing statute, PA 54 of 2011, has helped communities settle contracts more quickly and provides more certainty in municipal budgets. Passage of SB 850 would be detrimental to our ability to settle contracts quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n

The Michigan Municipal League has been strongly opposed to this bill and we continue to urge you to contact your legislators to let them know how detrimental this carve out would be. The arguments the public safety groups use for supporting this bill are that the number of PA 312 filings would proliferate and the legislature only intended this bill to impact teachers.<\/p>\n

According to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission there were only 43 PA 312 filings in 2013 as opposed to 69 in 2011. PA 312 filings are significantly lower than they were before enactment of PA 54.<\/p>\n

In addition, even if the legislature only intended this for teachers, it has been a game changer for municipal budgets, and it\u2019s critical that we keep this tool to allow local units the opportunity to settle contracts expeditiously and save taxpayers money.<\/p>\n

We appreciate all the members who have already contacted their lawmakers on this issue and we hope others follow their lead. It is critical that you please contact your legislators and ask them to OPPOSE Senate Bill 850.<\/strong>\u00a0You can find the contact information for your\u00a0Legislators here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Derek Tisler\u00a0is a Legislative Assistant for the Michigan Municipal League. \u00a0He can be reached at 517-908-0302 or email at dtisler@mml.org<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Go here\u00a0to easily send your senators an email opposing SB 850). This morning the Senate Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee passed\u00a0Senate Bill 850, a bill that would\u00a0exempt police and fire\u00a0from PA 54 so they can have retroactive pay increases after a contract expires. 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