CC RES 2011-085 RESOLUTION NO. 2011- 85
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES, ACKNOWLEDGING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION AS AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION AND
MAJORITY REPRESENTATIVE IN A BARGAINING UNIT OF NON-
MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AND DESIGNATING THE HUMAN
RESOURCES MANAGER AS THE CITY'S PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT
REPRESENTATIVE, AND DESIGNATING THE HUMAN RESOURCES
MANAGER AND THE CITY'S LABOR COUNSEL AS THE CITY'S
REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET AND CONFER WITH THE
ASSOCIATION.
WHEREAS, the Myers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA), Government Code §§
3500 — 3511 and regulations of the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB),
8 Cal. Code Reg. §§ 31001 — 32997, collectively grant public employees of a city
the right to form and to be represented by employee organizations of their
choosing for purposes of employer-employee relations with their employer and a
process to seek recognition by their employer; and
WHEREAS, the Rancho Palos Verdes Employees Association
(Association) filed a petition with the City, dated October 4, 2011, seeking
acknowledgment as a recognized employee organization and certification as
majority representative in a unit of non-management employees of the City; and
WHEREAS, City staff has confirmed that the petition contains the
information necessary for certification as a majority representative, including
identifying information for the Association and its representative, confirmation
that the Association has as its primary purpose the representation of employees
in their employment relations with the City, a description of the proposed
appropriate bargaining unit comprised of non-management employees along with
a list of job classifications, and proof of employee support for the Association by
a majority of the employees in the proposed bargaining unit;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The Rancho Palos Verdes Employees Association is
acknowledged as a recognized employee organization for purposes of employer-
employee relations under the MMBA.
Section 2: Non-management, full-time employees in the classifications on
the list attached to the October 4, 2011 petition, attached to this Resolution as
Exhibit "A," are determined to be an appropriate bargaining unit.
Section 3: The Association is recognized and certified as the majority or
exclusive representative, as those terms are interchangeably used under the
MMBA, in the appropriate unit established in Section 2, above.
Section 4: The Human Resources Manager in cooperation and
consultation with the City's labor counsel, as designated by the City Attorney, is
authorized and directed to implement this resolution in conformance with the
MMBA and to serve as the City's principal management representative in all
matters of employer-employee relations. The Human Resources Manager and
the City's labor counsel, with any additional representatives they may designate,
shall serve as the City's representatives to meet and confer with the Association,
as required by the MMBA.
Section 5: This Resolution will take effect immediately.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 18th da o' 0« ober 2011
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Carla Morreale, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 2011-85 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on October 18,
2011.
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City Clerk
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• EXHIBIT "A"
Accounting Manager
Senior Accountant
Accountant
Senior Account Technician
Account Technician
Account Clerk
Senior Information Technician
Deputy City Clerk
Principal Planner
Senior Planner
Associate Planner
Assistant Planner
Planning Technician
Building Inspector II
Building Inspector I
Pernut'iecnnician
Senior Code Enforcement Officer
Code Enforcement Officer
Maintenance Superintendent
Senior Engineer
Associate Engineer
Assistant Engineer
Engineering Technician
Traffic Engineering Technician
Lead Worker
Maintenance Worker
• Permit Clerk
Open Space & Trails Manager
Recreation Program Supervisor
• Recreation Services Manager
Senior Administrative Analyst
Administrative Analyst II
Administrative Analyst II
(Records Management)
Administrative Analyst
Executive Staff Assistant
Administrative Staff Assistant
StaffAssistant II
StaffAssistantl
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