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10. A statement that the employee organization has in its possession written proof. dated within six months of the date upon which the petition is filed. of employee support as herein defined to establish that a majority of the employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate have designated the employee organization to represent them in their employment relations with the JPA. Such written proof shall be submitted for confirmation to the Municipal Employee Relations Officer or to a mutually agreed-upon disinterested third party. 11. A request that the Municipal Employee Relations Officer formally acknowledge the employee organization as the "Exclusively Recognized Employee Organization" for the employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate for the purpose of meeting and conferring in good faith on all matters within the scope of representation. 12. The petition, including all accompanying documents, shall be verified, under oath, by the Executive Officer and Secretary of the organization that the statements are true. All changes in such information shall be filed forthwith in like manner. 13. No employee may be represented by more than one Exclusively Recognized Employee Organization for the purposes of this Resolution. Section 10. JPA Response to Recognition Petition. Upon receipt of the Petition, the Municipal Employee Relations Officer shall determine whether: a. There has been compliance with the requirements of the Recognition Petition, and b. The proposed representation unit is an appropriate unit in accordance with Section 14 of this Article II. If an affirmative determination is made by the Municipal Employee Relations Officer on the foregoing two matters, he/she shall so inform the petitioning employee organization, shall give written notice of such request for recognition to the employees in the unit, and shall take no action on said request for thirty (30) days thereafter. If either of the foregoing matters are not affirmatively determined, the Municipal Employee Relations Officer shall offer to consult thereon with such petitioning employee organization and, if such determination thereafter remains unchanged, shall inform that organization of the reasons therefor in writing. The petitioning employee organization may appeal such determination in accordance with Section 18 of this Resolution. Section 11. Qon Period for Filing Intervening Petition. Within thirty (30) days of the date written notice was given to affected employees that a valid recognition petition for an appropriate unit has been filed, any other employee organization may file a competing request to be formally acknowledged as the exclusively recognized employee organization of the employees in the same or in an overlapping unit (one which aA1pfdypa.sam - 7 -