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The Employee Relations Officer shall give prompt written notice of the filing of a Petition to any <br />recognized employee organization affected thereby. <br />Section 7: City Res pons to Recognition Petition <br />Upon receipt of the Petition, the Employee Relations Officer shall within ten (10) days determine <br />whether: <br />There has been compliance with the requirements of the Recognition Petition; and <br />The proposed representation unit is an appropriate unit in accordance with Section 11 of this <br />Resolution. <br />If an affirmative determination is made by the Employee Relations Officer on the foregoing two <br />matters, he shall within ten (10) days after making said determination, inform the petitioning <br />employee organization, shall give written notice of such request for recognition to the employees <br />in the unit and shall take no action on said request for thirty (30) days thereafter. If either of the <br />foregoing matters are not affirmatively determined, the Employee Relations Officer shall meet <br />and discuss the matter with such petitioning employee organization, and, if such determination <br />thereafter remains unchanged, shall inform that organization of the reasons therefore in writing. <br />The petitioning employee organization may appeal such determination in accordance with <br />Section 13 of this Resolution. <br />Section 8: Open Period for Filing Challenging Petition s <br />Within thirty (30) days of the date written notice was given to affected employees that a valid <br />Recognition Petitions) for an appropriate unit has been filed, any other employee organization <br />may file a competing request to be formally acknowledged as the recognized employee <br />organization of the employees in the same or in an overlapping unit (one which corresponds with <br />respect to some but not all the classifications or positions set forth in the Recognition Petition <br />being challenged), by filing a petition(s) evidencing proof of employee support in the unit <br />claimed to be appropriate of at least thirty (30) percent and otherwise in the same form and <br />manner as set forth in Section 6 of this Resolution. If such challenging petition(s) seeks <br />establishment of an overlapping unit, the Employee Relations Officer shall call for a hearing on <br />such overlapping petitions for the purpose of ascertaining the more appropriate unit, at which <br />time the petitioning employee organizations shall be heard. Thereafter, the Employee Relations <br />Officer shall determine the appropriate unit or units in accordance with the standards in Section <br />11 of this Resolution. The petitioning employee organizations shall have fifteen (15) days from <br />the date notice of such unit determination is communicated to them by the Employee Relations <br />Officer to amend their petitions to conform to such determination or to appeal such <br />determination pursuant to Section 13 of this Resolution. <br />Section 9: Election Procedure <br />The Employee Relations Officer shall arrange for a secret ballot election to be conducted by a <br />party agreed to by the Employee Relations Officer and the concerned employee organization(s) <br />74 <br />