HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 6025-1973RESOLUTION NO. 6025
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FI:~ANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO DETERMINING UNITS WITHIN
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS AND ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE TO VERIFY THAT SUCH
ORGANIZATION DOES REPRESENT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,
VERIFYING THE OFFICIAL STATUS OF THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS AND
REPRESENTATIVES AND RECOGNIZING SUCH EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS (Meyer-Mllas-
Brown Act Sec. 3507)
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco has received a request ,for
recognition from employee organizations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes and intends to fulfill its
obligations under the Meyers-Mil las-Brown Act as amended in 1968 (Cal.
Govt. Code, Sec. 3500-3511); and
WHEREAS, said Act empowers the City Council to determine the appro-
priate collective bargaining units of employees for representation and to
verify the official status of an employee organization;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
I. The units hereinbelow described are declared and shall be the
units of employees for any and all purposes relevant to the obligations of the
City of South San Francisco under the aforesaid Meyers-Milias-Brown Act.
Unit No. I contains management and confidential employees.
Unit No. 2 contains professional.
Unit No. 3 contains maintenance and field employees.
Unit No. 4 contains office and clerical employees in all
categories and departments.
Unit No. 5 contains Police Officers.
Unit No. 6 contains Fire Fighters.
2. The organization shall be recognized by the City of South San
Francisco as the bargaining representative pursuant to Section 2. 103 of
the Ordinance entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco
Establishing a Procedure for the Formation of, Recognition of, and Communi-
cation with Employee Organizations," for the purposes· of the M~yers-Milias-
Brown Act in each or any of the above bargaining units in which it obtains
a majority vote in that unit of the employees as provided in Paragraph 4-H.
3. Such vote of employees shall be conducted on a nn!t by unit basis
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and not on an aggregate or combined vote of all units.'
4. The election procedure as aforesaid shall be conducted under the
direction ~f and according to procedures established by the City Manager
subject to the following considerations:
A. The voting will be held as announced by The Municipal Employee..~
Relations Officer.
B. The voting shall be held at such times and places as Will
cause, in the judgment of the City Manager, the least disruption
· of the functions of the City offices and departments wh~le at
the same time insuring maximum participation of the affected employees.
C. Voting shall be performed on a ballot designated and provided
by the City Manager which will clearly indicate to each employee
his Opportunity to choose whether or not he wishes to b.e
represented by an organization.
D. Those employees eligible t° vote shall be regular, full-''
time,, or probationary employees on the payroll of the City of
South San Francisco and actively working on the last payroll
period immediately ~preceding the election. There will be no
mail or absentee ballots.
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E. In each bargaining unit election, there will be a Staff
and an Organization observer to insure that those who seek
to vote are on the eligibility list for the .appropriate unit.
F.Following the vote in each unit, the ballots will be courted
jointly by the Staff and Organization representatives upon
~completion of which both and each will sign a certification
' document attesting to the tally of votees and~ the result of
the election in that unit.
G. As early as can be arranged following the election in each
unit, the City Manager's Office will issue a memorandum to
all employees in the units where elections have been held,
advising the employees of the results of such election.
H. In each unit, 60% of those eligible to vote must vote or
the election will be declared invalid in that unit.
I. The City will not consider or process any claim for
recognition or conduct any election with' respect to any
employee organization which has failed to obtain a majority
in an election in any unit in which it has participated
within the immediately preceding twelve (12) months.
J. Run-off election will be conducted between two organizations
where over 50% of.those voting cast a ballot favorable to a
representative organization but no one organization receives
a majority.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced
and adopted by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a
regular meeting held on the 20th day of February, 1973, by the following vote:
AYES, COUNCILMEN Patrick E. Ahern, William A. Borba,
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NOES,
ABSENT, "
F. Frank Mammini and Warren Steinkamp
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