From: Carlos Rubio
To: [email protected]
Subject: Item 30
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 8:55:21 AM
Honorable Mayor and City Council,
Teamsters Local 911 and the Huntington Beach Municipal Teamsters (Huntington Beach City Workers) continue to be grateful for the opportunity to serve the constituents of the City. We are committed to continue to keep up the maintenance and improvement of quality of life that makes the City of Huntington Beach a great place to live, work and play! Today we recognize our dedicated, educated, and experienced library services staff members who serve this community day in and day out without interruption.
We would like to remind you that our library services staff members are champions of intellectual curiosity, leaders of discovery and stewards of lifelong learning.
Our Teamster
library staff professionals continue to be committed to fostering a love of literacy and learning while serving diverse populations with a myriad of needs.
Our members are residents, homeowners, taxpayers, voters, parents, and supporters of many community volunteer efforts.
Today we urge you to do the right thing and vote yes to provide authority and direct the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk to prepare resolutions, ordinances, and any other materials necessary to place two items for consideration on the November 5, 2024 General Election ballot and agendize for a vote at the June 4, 2024 City Council Meeting: 1) A Charter Amendment to require a majority vote of the City Council and a majority vote of the electors of Huntington Beach to approve any proposal that would change the wholesale management of the library, and/or any proposal to operate the library with a private contractor that would employ library staff to achieve cost savings; and, 2) An advisory vote of the electors of Huntington Beach on whether to hire a third-party contractor to operate the HBPL; a replacement of the current management structure, as proposed by the City Council at its March 19, 2024 meeting. Additionally, direct the City Manager to cease any further work on the Request for Proposals (RFP) as it relates to the action taken at the March 19, 2024, meeting.
The time is now to show with actions honesty, dignity and respect for your hired professionals who serve this community excellently, our Teamsters Library staff professionals and the Library staff as a whole!
Respectfully,
Carlos I. Rubio
President
Teamsters Local 911
5/7/2024
30 (24-350)