Senate Amendment 5091
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House Concurrent Resolution 104, as amended,
1 2 passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. By striking page 1, line 4, through page 3,
1 4 line 10, and inserting the following:
1 5 <A Concurrent Resolution urging state employee unions
1 6 and the Governor to renegotiate and establish a pay
1 7 freeze for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004.
1 8 WHEREAS, the Governor and state employee unions
1 9 negotiated collective bargaining agreements in the
1 10 winter of 2003 for wages and benefits for state
1 11 employees for fiscal years 2003=2004 and 2004=2005;
1 12 and
1 13 WHEREAS, the collective bargaining agreements
1 14 negotiated for most state employees provided for a 2.0
1 15 percent cost of living increase during each fiscal
1 16 year as well as 3.5 percent to 4.5 percent step
1 17 increases in pay for eligible state employees during
1 18 each fiscal year; and
1 19 WHEREAS, the estimated total cost to the general
1 20 fund of the state in fiscal year 2004=2005, compared
1 21 to the estimated net 2003=2004 fiscal year cost, due
1 22 to the collective bargaining agreements and an
1 23 increase in other costs, is $69.4 million; and
1 24 WHEREAS, implementing a pay freeze for state
1 25 employees beginning in fiscal year 2004=2005 would
1 26 realize about $18.7 million in savings to the state
1 27 general fund, and $29.9 million in total savings from
1 28 all state employees other than employees under the
1 29 State Board of Regents; and
1 30 WHEREAS, state revenues since the collective
1 31 bargaining agreements were negotiated have continued
1 32 to lag; and
1 33 WHEREAS, in October 2003, the Revenue Estimating
1 34 Conference reduced its projection of fiscal year 2003=
1 35 2004 general fund revenue by $142.2 million,
1 36 triggering the Governor's implementation of a 2.5
1 37 percent across=the=board reduction in state budgets
1 38 for executive branch agencies; and
1 39 WHEREAS, continued budget reductions as a result of
1 40 less than expected revenues make it increasingly
1 41 difficult to adequately fund the priorities of this
1 42 state, including education, homeland security, and
1 43 economic development activities; and
1 44 WHEREAS, many Iowans have endured financial
1 45 sacrifices in the last few years due to layoffs and
1 46 pay reductions in the private sector; and
1 47 WHEREAS, implementation of a pay freeze on all
1 48 union and nonunion state employees for fiscal year
1 49 2004=2005 would allow the state to better fund
1 50 priorities applicable to all Iowans while only
2 1 requiring a modest sacrifice by state employees; NOW
2 2 THEREFORE,
2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 4 SENATE CONCURRING, That the General Assembly urges the
2 5 Governor and each state employee union representing
2 6 state employees to renegotiate the current collective
2 7 bargaining agreement applicable to that union and
2 8 implement a wage freeze for the fiscal year beginning
2 9 July 1, 2004; and
2 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the General Assembly
2 11 commits to fully funding any renegotiated collective
2 12 bargaining agreement that implements a wage freeze as
2 13 provided in this Resolution, which commitment shall
2 14 include no layoffs, furloughs, or cuts to vital state
2 15 services; and
2 16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the General Assembly
2 17 encourages leaders of each state employee union
2 18 representing state employees to call for a vote of
2 19 their members to reopen contract negotiations with the
2 20 Governor in order to renegotiate the current
2 21 collective bargaining agreement and accept a wage
2 22 freeze for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004; and
2 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 24 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of
2 25 Representatives to the Governor of Iowa and to a
2 26 representative of each of the state employee unions
2 27 representing state employees.>
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2 29
2 30
2 31 EUGENE S. FRAISE
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2 33
2 34
2 35 DARYL BEALL
2 36
2 37
2 38
2 39 DENNIS H. BLACK
2 40
2 41
2 42
2 43 JOE BOLKCOM
2 44
2 45
2 46
2 47 MIKE CONNOLLY
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2 50
3 1 THOMAS G. COURTNEY
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5 DICK L. DEARDEN
3 6
3 7
3 8
3 9 WILLIAM A. DOTZLER
3 10
3 11
3 12
3 13 ROBERT E. DVORSKY
3 14
3 15
3 16
3 17 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL
3 18
3 19
3 20
3 21 JACK HATCH
3 22
3 23
3 24
3 25 JACK HOLVECK
3 26
3 27
3 28
3 29 WALLY E. HORN
3 30
3 31
3 32
3 33 JOHN P. KIBBIE
3 34
3 35
3 36
3 37 KEITH KREIMAN
3 38
3 39
3 40
3 41 MATT McCOY
3 42
3 43
3 44
3 45 HERMAN QUIRMBACH
3 46
3 47
3 48
3 49 AMANDA RAGAN
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4 3 DR. JOE M. SENG
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4 5
4 6
4 7 ROGER STEWART
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4 11 STEVE H. WARNSTADT
4 12 HCR 104.702 80
4 13 ec/gg
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