CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) (2019-2022)

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EXHIBIT B (Continued) the more appropriate unit, at which time the petitioning employee organizations shall be heard. Thereafter, the Employee Relations Officer shall determine the appropriate unit or units In accordance with the standards in Section 11 of this Resolution. The petitioning employee organizations shall have fifteen (15) days from the date notice of such unit determination is communicated to Them by the Employee Relations Officer to amend their petitions to conform to such determination or to appeal such determination pursuant to Section 13 of this Resolution. Section 9: Election Procedure The Employee Relations Officer shall arrange for a secret ballot election to be conducted by a party agreed to by the Employee Relations Officer and the concerned employee organization(s) in accordance with its rules and procedures subject to the provlsions of this Resolution. All employee organizations who have duly submitted petitions which have been determined to be in conformance with this Resolution shall be included on the ballot. The choice of "no organization" shall also be included on the ballot. Employees entitled to vote in such election shall be those persons employed full time in regular, permanent positions within the designated appropriate unit who were employed during the pay period immediately prior to the date which ended at least fifteen (15) days before the date the election commences, including those who did not work during such period because of Illness, vacation or other authorized leaves of absence, and who are employed by the City in the some unit on the date of election. An employee organization shall be formally acknowledged as the Recognized Employee Organization for the designated appropriate unit following an election or runoff election if it received a numerical majority of all valid votes cast in the election. If an election involving three or more choices, where none of the choices receives a majority of the valid votes cast, a runoff election shall be conducted between the two choices receiving the largest number of valid votes cast (that is, either between two employee organizations, or one employee organization and no representation); the rules governing an initial election being applicable to a runoff election, except that the runoff election shall be held within fifteen (15) days following the certification of the initial election results. There shall be no more than one valid election under this Resolution pursuant to any petition in a 12- month period affecting the some unit. In the event that the parties are unable to agree on a third party to conduct an election, the election shall be conducted by the California State Conciliation Service. Costs of conducting elections shall be borne in equal shares by the City and by each employee orgoniza[ion appearing on the ballot. In cases where a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and an employee organization is in effect on the effective date of this Resolution, it shall be presumed for the duration of the Memorandum of Understanding that the unit set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding is appropriate and that the employee organization is the majority representative of the employees covered therein. Unless a petition is filed pursuant to Section 12 below, it shall be presumed that when said Memorandum of Understanding terminates the employee organization shall continue to be a majority representative of employees covered by said Memorandum of Understanding for the purposes of meeting and conferring regarding matters within the scope of representation; provided, however, the employee organization files with the City the information required by Section b(a), 1 CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOU: JANUARY 1, 2019 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2022 Page 92 #I0865v2