Sec. 14-11(a). An employee who wishes to petition to conduct an election to determine representation of an employee group must complete and file an application for petition for election with the city clerk.
Sec. 14-11(b). The form of the petition shall include the issue date, petition number, name of labor organization or employee association, and employee group seeking representation.
Sec. 14-11(c). Each petition shall be in a form prescribed by the city clerk.
Sec. 14-11(d). A petition to conduct an election to determine representation of an employee group must bear the signatures of eligible employees pursuant to Sec. 14-10(a), of an employee group in a number equal to at least thirty-three percent (33%) of the employees of the employee group as of the date the application for a petition is submitted to the city clerk.
Sec. 14-11(e). Within five (5) business days of issuing the petition, the city clerk will notify the petitioners of the number of signatures needed equal to at least thirty-three percent (33%) of the eligible employees.
Sec. 14-11(f). Each petition submitted to the city clerk shall contain the name of the employee group, the name of the labor organization or employee association, signature, printed name, employee number, date of signature, and employee position of each person signing the petition.
1. No signature on a petition shall bear a date greater than ninety (90) days in advance of submittal.
2. If an eligible employee signs more than one (1) copy of the same petition or more than one (1) petition if there are competing petitions, then the earliest signature is the only valid signature unless it was officially withdrawn in writing submitted to the city clerk. No supplemental filings are allowed.
Sec. 14-11(g). The signatures of employees on the petitions requesting an election shall be verified by the director of human resources in order to determine current employment within the employee group. A signature is not eligible for verification and is ineligible for inclusion in the total number of valid signatures (and shall immediately be so designated by the human resources department by marking an encircled "hr" in the margin to the right of the signature lines), if it meets any of the following criteria:
1. The signature is missing from the signature line.
2. The employee number or employee position is missing from the signature line.
3. The date of signing is missing or incomplete (to be complete, the date must include the month and day).
4. There is more than one (1) signature placed on the numbered signature line, in which case only the signature which is actually on the line will be eligible for verification and all other signatures shall be rejected.
5. The signature is made in the margin or otherwise outside the signature space on the numbered signature line.
6. The signature has been withdrawn, pursuant to written authorization by the signer.
7. The signature is by an employee who is ineligible.
8. The signature or accompanying information is, in the opinion of the director of human resources, otherwise insufficient or defective.
9. Signatures which have been crossed out, or otherwise defaced, prior to being received by the city clerk are not eligible for verification, and are ineligible for inclusion in the total of valid signatures (and shall be so designated by the city clerk by marking an encircled "cc" in the margin to the right of the signature line).
Sec. 14-11(h). The director of human resources shall, within thirty (30) days from receiving the petition, verify that thirty-three percent (33%) of the eligible employees within the designated group have signed the petition. The city clerk and the director of human resources shall then promptly post conspicuous notice of receipt of such petition and the result of the verification process.
Sec. 14-11(i). The city clerk shall conduct a representation election among the employees in the employee group within thirty (30) days after verification by the director of human resources that thirty-three percent (33%) of the eligible employees within the designated group have signed the petition.
Sec. 14-11(j). Once a petition has been filed with the city clerk calling for a representation election, other organizations or associations in the same employee group may seek to be placed on the ballot by filing an application for petition.
Sec. 14-11(k). The organization or association must also file a petition containing the valid dated signatures of not less than thirty-three percent (33%) of the employees in the employee group. This petition must be filed no later than ten (10) days after the director of human resources and the city clerk have posted a written notice that a petition containing the valid signatures of employees has been filed by a labor organization or employee association.
Sec. 14-11(l). A labor organization or employee association that is recognized pursuant to this article as the representative of an employee group at the time a petition for an election is verified shall appear on the ballot without the requirement to submit a petition.
(Ord. No. 10880, § 2, 3-8-11; Ord. No. 11395, § 1, 8-9-16; Ord. No. 12069, § 2, 1-23-24)