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PEACE OFFICER - means an employee of the Santa Ann Police Department whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement and who is designated as a "peace officer" as that term is defined in Section 830, California Penal Code, except that, for purposes of this Resolution only, "peace officer" does not mean a park patrolman, security guard or a member of the fire department, whether the latter be serving as a member of an arson investigating unit, as a deputy or assistant state fire marshal, or in any capacity wherein the member would have the status of peace officer for purposes other than that of this Resolution. RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION - means an employee organization which has been granted formal recognition by the Employee Relations Officer as the employee organization which has (lie right to meet and confer in good faith as time majority representative of all members of an appropriate representation unit pursuant to Section 11 hereof, except those employees in such unit who have exercised their right not join an employee organization and who choose to represent themselves individually witlm the City, or has been designated through a secret ballot election as the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate representation unit pursuant to Section I 1 of this Resolution. SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION - means those matters relating to employment conditions and employer-employee relations including, but not limited to, wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment except, however, that the scope of representation shall not include consideration of the merits, necessity, or organization of any service or activity provided by law or executive order. Section 3: Designation of the it 's Employee Relations Officer The City Council hereby designates the City Manager as the Employee Relations Officer who shall be tie City's principal representative on all matters of employer-employee relations, with authority to meet and confer in good faith on matters within the scope of representation, and to administer all provisions of this Resolution and tie employee relations rule and procedures adopted pursuant thereto. The Employee Relations Officer is authorized to delegate Ids duties and responsibilities. Section 4: Meet and Confer in Good Faith - Scone City representatives and representatives of formally recognized employee organizations having exclusive representation rights, have the mutual obligation personally to meet and confer in good faith in order to exchange freely information, opinions and proposals and to endeavor to reach agreement on matters within the scope of representation prior to the adoption by the City of its final budget for the ensuring year. The City shall not be required to meet and confer in good faith on a subject preempted by Federal or State law or by the City Charter. Section 5: Notice The City will give reasonable written notice to each recognized employee organization affected by any ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the City, and each such organization shall be given the opportunity to meet and confer with the Employee Relations Officer prior to such adoption. In cases of emergency when the City determines that an ordinance, rate, resolution, or regulation relating to matters within the scope of representation must be adopted immediately without prior notice or meeting with recognized employee organization, the Employee Relations Officer shall provide such notice and opportunity to meet at the earliest practicable time following the adoption of such ordinance, rule, resolution or regulation. Section 6: Petition for Recognition 98 25B-138