concluding that "the county commissioners are clearly charged with the responsibility of representing the judges' managerial interests, as well as their own, in contract negotiations with court-'appointed employees.”
How later courts described this case
- concluding that "the county commissioners are clearly charged with the responsibility of representing the judges' managerial interests, as well as their own, in contract negotiations with court-'appointed employees.”
- stating that county commissioners “must consult” with the judges to ascertain whether a proposal in a CBA, such as a shorter work day, increased vacation time, or additional paid holidays in return for a smaller wage increase, would affect the administration of justice
- "[A] county is compelled by state law to fund [court employees'] positions, and cannot avoid doing so even if it wanted ...."
- "[C]ounty commissioners are not prohibited from negotiating ‘wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment' provided such terms do not impinge upon judicial control of hiring, discharge, and supervision in some concrete manner.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
LARSEN, Justice,
concurring.
I join in the result reached by the majority based upon the stipulation of the parties that judicial secretaries are confidential employees. Notes of Testimony, January 31, 1979 at 321-22, Reproduced record at 71a-72a.