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The Employee Relations Officer may on his motion propose, daring 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 1:0 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, daring a public meeting, to present written and oral arguments in support of their respective positions and, if the City Council so desires, after any future investigation or review of the matter as it may deem appropriate. The City Council, may, in its discretion, refer the dispute to a third party hearing process for the purpose of seeking an advisory determination prior to making its final decision regarding the resolution of the dispute. Section 14: Submission of Current Infornriation by Reco nized Employee Organizations All changes in the information filed with the City by a Recognized Employee Organization under Items 1 through 1.3 of its Recognition Petition under Section 6 of this Resolution shall be submitted in writing to the Employee Relations Officer within fifteen (15) days of such change. 107 25A -111