SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721 (SEIU) (2015-2017)

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RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION - means tin employee organization which has been granted formal recognition by the Employee Relations Offoer as the employee organization which has the right to moot and confer in good faith as the majority representative of all members of an appropriate representation unit pursuant to Section 11 hereof, except those employees in such emit who have exercised their right not join an employee organization and who choose to represent themselves individually with 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 I1 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 City's Employee Relations Officer The City Council hereby designates the City Manager as the Employee Relations Officer who shall be the 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 the employee relations rule and procedures adopted perosuan( thereto. The .P.nrployee Relations Officer is authorized to delegate his duties and responsibilities. Seotion 4: Meet and Confer in Good Fai, h - Scope 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 turd confer with the Employee Relations Officer prior to such adoption, In cases of emergency when the City determines that an ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation relating to matters within the scope of representation must be adopted immediately without prior 100 26A -104