MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY TOOL KIT

Bill #’s

1). Constitutional amendment to impose a 2.5% cap on increases in the property tax levy increases for municipal, school and county taxes, cap banking is allowed. 

ACR 131 – O’Scanlon/DiCiccio

SCR 104 - Kyrillos

3). Reform in selection of arbitrators for union contracts.

4). Arbitrators are mandated to consider impact of union contracts on property taxes, no such requirement in current law.

 5). Arbitrators are barred from making contract awards that exceed 2.5% cap, inclusive of all salary, benefit and other economic contract provisions

A3075 – Chiusano

S2171 Doherty

 7). Cap sick leave and carry forward of vacation for current employees.  

A2952 – Casagrande/Munoz

S2173 - Kyrillos

8- 9). Shared services reform - when local units decide to share services current law requires buyout of union contracts, bumping and other civil service protections that destroy the efficiencies of the merger; this proposal eliminates certain civil services protections when services are shared.

A2953 – Peterson/McHose

S2024 - Kyrillos

10). Allow furloughs by local government to save costs.

A2954 – Bucco

S2039 -  Bateman

11). Allow counties and municipalities to opt out of civil service municipalities by ordinance or referendum initiated by 15% of the voters.

A2954 – Bucco

S2039 -  Bateman

 12). Public employee discipline reform – reclassify many offenses as minor to avoid lengthy and costly hearings for relatively trivial infractions.

A2955 - Munoz

13). Police employee discipline reform – reclassify many offenses as minor to avoid lengthy and costly hearings for relatively trivial infractions.

A2955 - Munoz

 14). Firefighters discipline reform – reclassify many offenses as minor to avoid lengthy and costly hearings for relatively trivial infractions.

A2955 - Munoz

 15). Employee discipline reform – revise appeal process of employee disciplinary hearings to reclassify many offenses as minor.

A2955 - Munoz

16). Revise layoff rules to allow less senior, but more essential employees to avoid bumping.

A2956 – Chiusano/McHose

S2011 - Oroho

17). Give Civil Service Commissioner more day-to-day control as when the Department of Personnel was a freestanding department.

A2957 – Chiusano

S2154 - Oroho

 18). Increase testing and appeal fees for civil service promotional exams.

A2954 – Bucco

S2039 - Bateman

19). Allow Civil Service Commissioner to make seasonal appointment for 9 months.

A2954 – Bucco

S2039 - Bateman

 20). Allow municipalities to offset property tax refunds against State income tax refunds.

A2958 – Bucco/McHose

S2012 - Doherty

 21). Expand parties that may bring challenges to Council on Local Mandates to includes groups, like the League of Municipalities.

A2959 – Rumana/Webber

EDUCATIONAL TOOL KIT

22). No school contract award in excess of 2.5% cap, inclusive of all salary, benefit and other economic contract provisions.

A2960 – DiMaio/Handlin

S2943 - Kyrillos

23). School districts could once again impose a "last best offer" contract under certain circumstances.

A2960 – DiMaio/Handlin

S2943 - Kyrillos

24). Executive county superintendents approval of all union and superintendent contracts.

A2960 – DiMaio/Handlin

S2943 - Kyrillos

25). Executive county superintendents would be required to implement sharing of school business functions across districts and with municipalities.

A A2961 – Handlin/Casagrande

S2025 – T. Kean

HIGHER EDUCATION TOOL KIT

28). Designate State colleges and universities as employer of record for collective bargaining

A2963 – Webber/Munoz

S2026 – T. Kean

29) Allow state colleges and universities to hire faculty members for a probationary period.

A2964 – Webber/Munoz

30). Remove classified employers from Civil Service status and include them within each institution's personnel system.

A2963 – Webber/Munoz

S2026 – T. Kean

ELECTION REFORM

     31) Allow separate workers compensation program management for college and universities.

A2965 – DiMaio

S2067 – T. Kean

     32) Require only single ballot to each household instead of multiple ballots to all voters residing in household.

A1646 – Greenwald

S1781 Beach/Norcross

     33) Move school and fire elections to November.