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BACKGROUND <br />The Livermore -Pleasanton Fire Department Joint Powers Authority was established in <br />1996 to create a separate governmental entity for the cities of Livermore and <br />Pleasanton to increase collective effectiveness and operational efficiencies through a <br />combined fire department. The City of Pleasanton's Human Resources Director is the <br />JPA's Municipal Employee Relations Officer. The JPA's full-time Battalion Chiefs have <br />created a separate employee organization to address their goals and objectives. The <br />International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), Local 1974, AFL -CIO -CLC was <br />selected to be the exclusively recognized employee organization of the newly formed <br />employee organization. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On June 17, 2022, the Municipal Employee Relations Officer notified all interested <br />parties that the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1974 had submitted a <br />valid recognition petition in respect to the Livermore -Pleasanton Fire Department Joint <br />Powers Authority's full-time Battalion Chiefs' bargaining unit, pursuant to Sections 10 <br />and 11 of the JPA's Employer -Employee Relations Procedure Resolution and California <br />Government Code Section 3507. No other recognition petitions were filed with respect <br />to the same bargaining unit during the thirty -day open period for filing intervening <br />petitions from June 17, 2022, to July 18, 2022. IAFF, Local 1974 also received signed <br />authorization cards from all full-time Battalion Chiefs designating IAFF Local 1974 as <br />their exclusive representative in employment relations with the JPA. <br />On July 18, 2022, after all requirements to secure formal recognition were satisfied, the <br />Municipal Employee Relations Officer sent a memorandum to all interested parties <br />formally recognizing the IAFF as the exclusive representative of the Battalion Chiefs' <br />bargaining unit, entitled to meet and confer in good faith on matters within the scope of <br />representation in such unit. <br />bm it ed b . <br />Veronica Thomas <br />Director of Human <br />Resources and Labor <br />Relations <br />Attachment: <br />Reviewed by: <br />Susan Hsieh <br />Finance Director <br />Approved by: <br />c <br />Gerry Beaudin <br />City Manager <br />1. Resolution formally acknowledging IAFF, Local 1974 as the exclusively <br />recognized employee organization for the LPFD JPA's Battalion Chiefs <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />