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EXHIBIT C (Continued) Notwithstanding the foregoing, management employees shall only be included in a unit consisting solely of management employees and confidential employees shall be included in a unit consisting solely of confidential employees. When the City establishes new classifications or positions, or modifies the job content of an existing classification or position, the Employee Relations Officer shall, after notice to and consultation with all affected employee organizations, determine which, if any, representation unit shall include such new or modified classification (s) or position(s). Section 12: Procedure for Modification of Established Appropriate Units Requests by employee organizations for modifications of established appropriate units may be considered by the Employee Relations Officer only during the period specified in Section 10 of this Resolution. Such requests shall be submitted in the form of a Recognition Petition, and, in addition to the requirements set forth in Section 6 of this Resolution, shall contain a complete statement of all relevant facts and citations in support of the proposed modified unit in terms of the policies and standards set forth in Section 1 1 hereof. The Employee Relations Officer shall process such petitions as other Recognition petitions under this Resolution. The Employee Relations Officer may on his motion propose, during the period specified in Section 10 of this Resolution, that an established unit be modified. The Employee Relations Officer shall give written notice of the proposed modification(s) to any affected employee organization and shall hold a meeting concerning the proposed modification (s), at which time all affected employee organizations shall be heard. Thereafter the Employee Relations Officer shall determine the composition of the appropriate unit or units in accordance with Section 11 of this Resolution, and shall give written notice of such determination to the affected employee organizations. The Employee Relations Officer=s determination may be appealed as provided in Section 13 of this Resolution. If a unit is modified pursuant to the motion of the Employee Relations Officer hereunder, employee organizations may thereafter file Recognition Petitions seeking to become the Recognized Employee Organization for such new appropriate unit or units pursuant to Section 6 hereof. Section 13. Appeals An employee organization aggrieved by an appropriate unit determination of the Employee Relations Officer under this Resolution may, within ten (10) days of notice thereof, appeal such determination to the City Council for final decision. An employee organization aggrieved by a determination of the Employee Relations Officer that a Recognition Petition (Section 6); Challenging Petition (Section 8) or Decertification Petition (Section 10) or employees aggrieved by a determination of the Employee Relations Officer that a Decertification Petition (Section 10) has not been filed in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Resolution, may, within fifteen (15) days of notice of such determination, appeal the determination to the City Council for final decision. Appeal to the City Council shall be filed in writing with the City Clerk, and a copy thereof served on the Employee Relations Officer. The City Council shall commence to consider the matter within thirty (30) days of the filing of the appeal, and shall render a final and binding decision regarding the resolution of the disputed issue(s) raised by the appeal after each party involved has been given an opportunity, during a public meeting, to present written and oral arguments in support of their CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOU: 2010 - 2012 Page 84 25E-86