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<br /> I <br /> " . <br /> 1 facilities. J <br /> 2 SD-S. Personnel, Pensions, and Labor Relations I <br /> 3 Issue: Many state and federal laws increase the cost of providing city service to residents by I <br /> 4 requiring city governments to provide certain levels of compensation or benefits to public I <br /> 5 employees, specify certain working conditions, or limit city governments' ability to effectively <br /> 6 manage their personnel resources. For instance, many existing state and federal laws limit I <br /> 7 governments' ability to effectively address incompetence or misconduct of city employees I <br /> 8 specifying certain procedures to be followed or standards of conduct. Recent state proposals to <br /> 9 impose salary limits or to increase public pension benefits for military service, and Congressional I <br /> 10 proposals to adopt a national discipline procedure to insulate police officers from local and state I <br /> 11 : disciplinary action similarly would only worsen the existing situation. .. <br /> 12 Response: The federal and state governments should refrain from passing laws which <br /> 13 regulate the private and public sector workplace and should repeal or modify existing laws I <br /> 14 and regulations which prevent full local accountability. I <br /> 15 The League of Minnesota Cities proposes the following state and federal reforms: <br /> 16 Discipline and Discharge I <br /> 17 · The state should eliminate or modify veterans' preference and civil service laws which I <br /> 18 restrict the ability of local governments to effectively discipline public employees. If a total I <br /> 19 repeal is not politically acceptable, at least the legislature should amend the law to: <br /> 20 . remove the right to multiple, duplicative disciplinary proceedings; ,I <br /> 21 . limit any back-pay claims to a maximum of $100,000, and; .1 <br /> 32 League of Minnesota Cities I <br /> I <br /> ., <br />