RES 71074/75 - Laserfiche WebLink

The Municipal Employee Relations Officer shall hold a hearing on such overlapping Petitions, at which time all affected employee organizations shall be heard. Thereafter, the Municipal Employee Relations Officer shall determine the appropriate unit or units as between such proposed overlapping units in accordance with the criteria set forth in Section 10 of the Resolution. (3) If the written proof submitted by the employee organ- ization in the unit found to be appropriate extablishes that it represents more than 50% of the employees in such unit, the Municipal Employee Relations Officer may, in his discretion, grant formal recognition to such employee organization without a secret ballot election. (4) When an employee organization in the unit found to be appropriate submits written proof that it represents at least 30% of the employees in such unit, and it does not qualify for or has not been granted recognition pursuant to Sub-Section 3 above, the Municipal Employee Relations Officer shall arrange for a secret ballot election to be conducted by t;"? ~ity Clerk (or such other method normally used by the City to conduct an election), the California State Conciliation Service, the American Arbitration Association, or some agreed upon third party. All challenging organizations who have submitted written proof that they represent at least 10% of the employees in the unit found to be appropriate, and have sub- mitted a Petition for Recognition as required by .... -20-