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<br />EMPLOYEE, SUPERVISORY - means any employee, regardless of job description
<br />or title, having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, trans-
<br />fer, suspend, layoff, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or dis-
<br />cipline other empioyees, or the responsibility to assign work to and direct
<br />them, or to evaluate or review their grievances, or effectively to recon~nend
<br />such actions, if in connection with any of the foregoing, the exercise of
<br />such responsibility is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires
<br />the use of independent judgement.
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<br />EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION - means any lawful organization which includes em-
<br />ployees of the City and which has as one of its primary purposes represent-
<br />ing such employees in their employment relations with the City; provided,
<br />however, that said organization has no restrictions on membership based on
<br />race, color, creed, sex or national origin.
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<br />EMPLOYEE RELATIONS OFFICER - means the City's principal representative in
<br />all matters of employer-employee relations designated pursuant to Section
<br />3 hereof, or his duly-authorized representative.
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<br />EMPLOYER-E~LOYEERELATIONS - means the relationship between the City and
<br />its employees and their employee organization, or when used in a general
<br />sense, the relationship between City management and individual employees
<br />or employee organizations.
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<br />GRIEVANCE - means a dispute, claimed by an employee, group of employees or
<br />a recognized employee organization concerning the meaning, application, or
<br />enforcement of any of the provisions of the City's Employer-Employee Rela-
<br />tions Policy or of a memorandum of understanding; and for which specific
<br />hearing or appeal procedure is not otherwise provided, or is not specifically
<br />withheld, by civil service rule, ordinance, resolution, charter provision,
<br />or memorandum of understanding.
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<br />IMPASSE - means that the representatives of the City and a Recognized Em-
<br />ployee Organization have reached a point in their meeting and conferring
<br />in good faith where their differences concerning matters on which they are
<br />required to meet and confer, remain so substantial that further meeting
<br />and conferring would not be likely to result in an agreement.
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<br />MEDIATION OR CONCILIATION - means the efforts of an impartial third person,
<br />or persons, functioning as intermediaries, to assist the parties in reach-
<br />ing a voluntary resolution to an impasse, through interpretatiQn, suggestion
<br />and advice. Mediation and conciliation are interchangeable terms°
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<br />MEET AND CONFER IN GOOD FAITH (sometimes referred to herein as "meet and
<br />confer" or "meeting and conferring") - means the performance by duly-autho-
<br />rized City representatives and duly-authorized representatives of a recog-
<br />nized employee organization of their mutual obligation personally to meet
<br />and confer in good faith promptly upon the request of either party and con-
<br />tinue for a reasonable period of time in order to exchange freely informa-
<br />tion, opinions and proposals, and to endeavor to reach agreement on matters
<br />within the scope of representation prior to the adoption by the City of its
<br />final budget for the ensuing year. This does not require either party to
<br />agree to a proposal or to make a concession.
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<br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING - means a written memorandum of the agreement
<br />between the City and a recognized employee organziation reached through
<br />meeting and conferring.
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<br />PEACE OFFICER - means an employee of the Santa Aha Police Department whose
<br />principal duties consist of active law enforcement and who is designated
<br />as a "peace officer" as that term is defined in Section 830, California
<br />Penal Code, except that, for purposes of this Resolution only, "peace
<br />officer" does not mean a park patrolman, security guard or a member of
<br />the fire department, whether the latter be serving as a member of an
<br />arson-investigating unit, as a deputy or assistant state fire marshall, or
<br />in any capacity wherein the member would have the status of peace officer
<br />for purposes other than that of this Resolution.
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