§ 2-03-480. Personnel Systems—Labor Relations (Collective Bargaining)—Determination of bargaining units.

The appropriateness of the bargaining unit will be investigated and determined by the board:

(1)

Bargaining units shall be established by vocational groupings, such as blue collar (unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled employees), white collar (clerical and para-professional employees) and public safety officer with consideration being given as to whether they have traditionally been in these groupings. Individual crafts will not be designated as bargaining units.

(2)

In determining the appropriateness of a bargaining unit, the board will consider:

a.

Whether city employees have the same conditions of employment which apply uniquely to them;

b.

Whether city employees have a mutuality of interest;

c.

How the public interest might best be served in determination of the bargaining unit.

(3)

A bargaining unit shall not include both professional and non-professional city employees; nor shall it include supervisors or security personnel charged with protecting the employer's property other than commissioned police officers and jailers; nor shall it include those privy to confidential information, including but not limited to employees of the personnel department, data processing department, city manager's office, the city attorney's office, secretaries to department heads, employees involved in payroll work and any person privy to confidential information concerning employee relations.

(Ord. No. 789, § 3(4), 6-12-90)