A. Each petition submitted to the City Manager shall contain the name of the employee group, the name of the employee organization, signature, printed name, date of signature, and employee position of each person signing the petition. No signature on a petition shall bear a date greater than 90 calendar days in advance of submittal. If an eligible employee signs more than one petition, then the latest dated signature shall be considered valid. Each petition shall be in a form established by the City Manager. Petitions shall be submitted no earlier than June 1 and no later than August 1 preceding each budget year.
B. The City Manager shall, within 10 business days from receiving the petition, verify that a majority of the eligible employees within the designated group have signed the petition. The City Manager will thereafter conduct a secret ballot process within 30 calendar days to verify that a majority of employees within the designated work group that has submitted a petition wish to be represented by that group. If approved, the City Manager shall then promptly designate the named employee organization as the official and exclusive employee organization for purposes of meeting and conferring.
C. An employee organization shall be designated as the exclusive and official employee organization for purposes of meeting and conferring. Once an employee group has designated an employee organization, the designation can be changed no earlier than June 1 and no later than August 1 preceding each budget year as follows:
1. The employee group shall present a petition to the City Manager containing the signatures of 50% or more of the eligible employees in the employee group. The petition shall include the name of the employee organization being decertified. The City Manager shall, within 30 calendar days from receiving the petition, verify in the same manner as provided in subsection B that 50% or more of the eligible employees within the designated group have signed the petition and shall then promptly decertify the named employee organization as the official and exclusive employee organization for purposes of meeting and conferring; or
2. Alternatively, an employee group may decertify its designated employee organization and designate a new employee organization by presenting a petition to the City Manager containing the signatures of 50% plus 1 or more of the eligible employees in the employee group. The petition shall indicate the name of the employee group, the employee organization being decertified, and the employee organization being designated to represent those employees. The City Manager shall, within 30 calendar days from receiving the petition, verify in the same manner as provided in subsection B that 50% plus 1 or more of the eligible employees within the designated group have signed the petition and shall then promptly decertify the current designated employee organization and designate the new employee organization as the official and exclusive employee organization for purposes of meeting and conferring.
(Ord. 11-1023, passed 1-25-2011; Ord. 04-732, passed 4-13-2004)