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IN in. "Employer -Employee Relations" means the relationship between the City and its employees and their employee organization. or when used in a general sense, the relationship between City management and employees or employee organizations. n. "Exclusively Recognized Employee Organization" means an organization which has been formally certified by the City, after a representation election as the sole employee organization representing the employees in an appropriate representation unit pursuant to Article II of this Resolution. Exclusively Recognized Employee Organizations have the exclusive right to meet and confer in good faith with City representatives concerning statutorily required subjects pertaining to the unit they represent. o. "Impasse" means when representatives of either the City or representatives of an Exclusively Recognized Employee Organization declare that they have reached a point in their meeting and conferring in good faith where their differences remain so substantial, or have been so prolonged, that future meeting and conferring would be futile. p. "Mediation" means the efforts of an impartial third person, or persons, functioning as intermediaries, to (1) assist the parties in reaching a voluntary resolution to an impasse, through interpretation, suggestion, and advice; or (2) hear disputes on unit determinations for the purpose of making a recommendation to the City Manager. q. "Meet and Confer in Good Faith" (sometimes referred to herein as "meet and confer" or "meeting and conferring") means the mutual obligation of the designated representative of the City and the representatives of an Exclusively Recognized Employee Organization, personally to meet and confer promptly upon request by either party and continue for a reasonable period of time in order to exchange freely information, opinions, and proposals, and to endeavor to reach agreement on matters within the scope of representation. The City has no duty to meet and confer with employee organizations that do not have exclusively recognized status. r. "Municipal Employee Relations Officer" means the City's principal representative in all matters of employer -employee relations designated pursuant to Section 26, or his or her duly authorized representative. S. "Proof of Employee Support" means (1) an authorization card recently signed and personally dated by an employee; (2) a verified authorization petition or petitions recently signed and personally dated by one or more employees; or (3) employee dues deduction authorization in current effect. In the event that an employee has signed authorizations for more than one employee organization, only the most recently signed authorization shall be considered as proof of support. The words "recently signed" shall mean within one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the filing of a petition. t. "Resolution" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Employer - Employee Relations Resolution of the City of Pleasanton. s'1 Revised: 12/30/97 - 3 -