Court Opinion

ID: 9734718
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:44:09.564348+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:50.670459
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Ryan, J.
(dissenting). I dissent from the Court’s opinion because, in my view, it erroneously denigrates the constitutionally assured1 paramount authority of the citizens of the City of Warren to determine at the ballot box, as indeed they have, the kind of public employment system by which they wish to be served.
I adopt as though it were my own the succinct and persuasively sound statement of the Honorable Donald E. Holbrook, Jr., who, writing for the Court of Appeals in this case, declared:
"Were the instant conflicts solely between the statutory provisions of PERA and Act 78, we would probably find Detroit Police Officers Ass’n v Detroit, 391 Mich 44; 214 NW2d 803 (1974), controlling so as to require a *669finding that the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement prevailed over conflicting Civil Service Commission promotional guidelines. However, in the face of conflict with Const 1963, art 11, § 6, we hold that the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement cannot modify or alter an existing civil service system.” 89 Mich App 135, 143; 279 NW2d 556 (1979).
Coleman, C.J., concurred with Ryan, J.

 Const 1963, art 11, § 6.