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Municipal Employee Relations Officer shall process such petitions as other Recognition Petitions under this Article I1. The Municipal Employee Relations Officer may on his/her own motion propose during the period specified in Section 13 of this Article that an established unit be modified. The Municipal 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 Municipal Employee Relations Officer shall determine the composition of the appropriate unit or units in accordance with Section 14 of this Article Il, and shall give written notice of such determination to the affected employee organizations. The Municipal Employee Relations Officer's determination may be appealed as provided in Section 18 of this Article. ' Section 16. Newly Established Job Classifications. Representation Units. Except for management and confidential classifications, each newly established job ' classification shall be assigned to an appropriate representation unit by the Municipal Employee Relations Officer, after providing notice and opportunity to consult to Exclusively Recognized Employee Organizations, if he/she finds that there is an appropriate unit to which such job classification may be assigned. 3 Section 17. Designation of Confidential and Management Employees. Representation Units. The Municipal Employee Relations Officer is authorized to designate, from time to time, confidential employees, and after providing notice and an opportunity to consult to Exclusively Recognized Employee Organizations, to designate from time to time management and supervisorial employees, as defined in Section 3 of this Resolution, and may at any time revoke such designations. Upon such designation being made the Municipal Employee Relations Officer shall assign such employee to an appropriate representation unit. Upon revocation of such designation as a confidential, supervisorial, or management employee, the Municipal Employee Relations Officer shall assign the affected employee to an appropriate representation unit. Section 18. Appeals. An employee organization aggrieved by a determination of appropriate unit, or appropriate unit assignment, may, within fifteen (15) days of notice of the Municipal Employee Relations Officer's determination, request in writing the services of the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service to mediate the dispute, issue a recommendation for resolving the dispute, and submit that recommendation to the Pleasanton City Manager for a final decision. The City Manager shall render a finding as soon as possible after receiving the recommendation. Revised: 12/30/97 - 12 -