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A. There is one level of employee organization recognition: formal exclusive.

B. The recognition requirements are as follows:

Formal Exclusive Recognition - The Right to Meet and Confer in Good Faith as Majority Representative. An employee organization that seeks formal exclusive recognition in conformance with Government Code 3507 for purposes of meeting and conferring in good faith as the majority representative of employees in an appropriate unit shall file a petition with the city’s designated authority containing the following information and documentation:

1. Name and address of the employee organization;

2. Names and titles of its officers;

3. Names of employee organization representatives who are authorized to speak on behalf of its members;

4. A statement that the employee organization has, as one of its primary purposes, representing employees in their employment relations with the city;

5. A statement whether the employee organization is a chapter or local of, or affiliated directly or indirectly in any manner with, a regional or state, or national or international organization, and, if so, the name and address of each such regional, state or international organization;

6. Certified copies of the employee organization’s constitution and bylaws, and those of any organization with which it is affiliated;

7. A designation of those persons, not exceeding two in number, and their addresses, to whom notice sent by regular United States mail will be deemed sufficient notice on the employee organization for any purpose;

8. A statement that the employee organization recognizes that the provisions of Section 923 of the Labor Code are not applicable to city employees;

9. A statement that the employee organization has no restriction on membership based on race, color, creed, sex or national origin;

10. The job classifications or titles of employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate and the approximate number of member employees therein;

11. A statement that the employee organization has in its possession written proof, dated within six months of the date upon which the petition is filed, to establish that employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate have designated the employee organization to represent them in their employment relations with the city; such written proof shall be submitted for confirmation to the city’s designated authority; valid dues deduction authorization cards of employee’s organization already recognized shall constitute written proof and shall not be required to be dated within six months; in the event that more than one signed authorization is submitted to the city from an employee, the signed authorization with the most recent date shall prevail; the signed authorization must be on a form supplied by the city’s designated authority;

12. A request that the city’s designated authority recognize the employee organization as the majority representative of the employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate for the purpose of meeting and conferring in good faith on all matters within the scope of representation. (Prior code § 3.16.090)