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the broadest feasible grouping of positions that share an identifiable community of interest. Factors to be considered <br />shall be: <br />Similarity of the general kinds of work performed, types of qualifications required, and the general working <br />conditions. <br />History of representation in the City and similar employment; except however, that no unit shall be deemed to be an <br />appropriate unit solely on the basis of the extent to which employees in the proposed trait have organized. <br />The effect of the proposed unit on efficient operations of the City and the compatibility of the unit with the <br />responsibility of the City and its employees to serve the public. <br />The effect on the administration of employer- employee relations created by the fragmentation of classifications and <br />proliferation of units. <br />Effect on the classification structure and impact on the stability of the employee relationship of dividing a single or <br />related classification among two or more units. <br />Notwithstanding the foregoing, management employees shall only be included in a unit consisting solely of <br />management employees and confidential employees shall be included in a unit consisting solely of confidential <br />employees. <br />When the City establishes new classifications or positions, or modifies the job content of an existing classification or <br />position, the Employee Relations Officer shall, after notice to and consultation with all affected employee <br />organizations, determine which, if any, representation unit shall include such new or modified classification(s) or <br />position(s). <br />Section 12: Procedure for Modification of Established Appro rn iate Units <br />Requests by employee organizations for modifications of established appropriate units may be considered by the <br />Employee Relations Officer only during the period specified in Section 10 of this Resolution. Such requests shall be <br />submitted in the form of a Recognition Petition, and, in addition to the requirements set forth in Section 6 of this <br />Resolution, shall contain a complete statement of all relevant facts and citations in support of the proposed modified <br />unit in terms of the policies and standards set forth in Section 11 hereof. The Employee Relations Officer shall <br />process such petitions as other Recognition petitions under this Resolution. <br />The Employee Relations Officer may on his motion propose, during the period specified in Section 10 of this <br />Resolution, that an established unit be modified. The Employee Relations Officer shall give written notice of the <br />proposed modification(s) to any affected employee organization and shall hold a meeting concerning the proposed <br />modification(s), at which time all affected employee organizations shall be heard. Thereafter the Employee <br />Relations Officer shall determine the composition of the appropriate unit or units in accordance with Section 11 of <br />this Resolution, and shall give written notice of such determination to the affected employee organizations. The <br />Employee Relations Officer--s determination may be appealed as provided in Section 13 of this Resolution. If a unit <br />is modified pursuant to the motion of the Employee Relations Officer hereunder, employee organizations may <br />thereafter file Recognition Petitions seeking to become the Recognized Employee Organization for such new <br />appropriate unit or units pursuant to Section 6 hereof. <br />Section 13. Appeals <br />An employee organization aggrieved by an appropriate unit determination of the Employee Relations Officer under <br />this Resolution may, within ten (10) days of notice thereof, appeal such determination to the City Council for final <br />decision. <br />An employee organization aggrieved by a determination of the Employee Relations Officer that a Recognition <br />Petition (Section 6); Challenging Petition (Section 8) or Decertification Petition (Section 10) or employees <br />aggrieved by a determination of the Employee Relations Officer that a Decertification Petition (Section 10) has not <br />been filed in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Resolution, may, within fifteen (15) days of notice of <br />63 <br />25C -65 <br />