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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL Q~ S~TA ~A ~TING TO E~LOYER-E~0YEE ~LATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE CITY OF S~TA ~A WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Santa Aha declares that is the public policy of the City to maintain and enhance its administration of employer-employee relations and to protect the public by assuring at all times the orderly and unin- terrupted operations and services of City government; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Aha desires to establish uniform and orderly methods of communication between the City and its employees, including provisions for (a) recognizing the rights of employees to join organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on matters affecting employee relations or to represent themselves individually in dealing with the City; and (b) establishing equitable and uniform rules and procedures to provide for the orderly and systematic presentation, consideration and resolution of employer-employee relations matters; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Aha has met and conferred in good faith/with repre- sentatives of the Santa Ana City Employees' Association; Santa Aha Poli%a Benevolent Association; Santa Ana Firemen's Benevolent Association; and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, which are the only employee organizations known to the City to have among their members employees of the City, concerning the rules and regulations for the administration of employer-employee relations set forth herein; and NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana does hereby resolve as follows: Section 1: Title of Resolution This Resolution shall be known as the "Employer-Employee Relations Resolution of the City of Santa Aha". Section 2: Definitions As used in this Resolution, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: A. APPROPRIATE UNIT - means a unit of employee classes or positions established pursuant to Section 11 of this Resolution. Be CITY - means the City of Santa Aha, a municipal corporation, and where appropriate herein, "City" refers to the City Council or any duly-authorized management employee as herein defined. C. DAY - means calendar day unless expressly statedotherwise. D. EMPLOYEE - means any person regularly employed by the City on a full-time basis except those persons elected by popular vote. EMPLOYEE, CONFIDENTIAL - means an employee who is assigned to perform work directly involved in the development, preparation or presentation of manage- ment positions with respect to employer-employee relations. Me EMPLOYEE, MANAGEMENT - means any employee having responsibility for formu- lating, administering or managing the implementation of City policies or programs, including but not limited to, department and assistant department heads, division heads, and professional administrative staff employees em- ployed to render advice and assistance pertaining to the conduct of legal, fiscal, budgetary, personnel management and employer-employee relations affairs of the City. Ge EMPLOYEE, PROFESSIONAL - means a classification of employees engaged in work (a) predominately intellectual and varied in character as opposed to routine mental, manual, mechanical or physical work; (b) involving the constant ex- ercise of discretion and judgement in its performance; and (c) requiring knowledge in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a pro- longed course of specialized intellectual instruction and study in an in- stitution of higher learning, as distinguished from a general academic edu- cation, or from an apprenticeship or from training in the performance of routine mental, manual or physical processes.