To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Formal Recognition of IFPTE, Local 21 as the Exclusive of the Representative of the Research and Evaluation Manager (APHB) Classification
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACKNOWLEDGE the results of the verification procedure showing at least fifty one percent support of employees in the unrepresented Research and Evaluation Manager (APHB) classification to be represented by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21; and FORMALLY RECOGNIZE IFPTE, Local 21 as the majority representative of the Research and Evaluation Manager (APHB) classification and the inclusion of the classification into the existing Supervisory Unit effective February 1, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
In April of 2023, IFPTE, Local 21 submitted a petition for recognition as majority representative of the existing unrepresented Research and Evaluation Manager (APHB) classification. Signatures were verified and the Labor Relations Unit determined that the employee organization had provided proof of support of at least fifty-one percent of the employees in the proposed unit, per the requirements of Section 34-12.014 of the County’s Employer-Employee Relations Resolution (EERR). The proposed unit includes the addition of the Research and Evaluation Manager (APHB) into the existing IFPTE, Local 21 Supervisory Unit.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The results of the verification procedure will not be formally acknowledged and IFPTE, Local 21 will not be formally recognized as the majority representative of the Research and Evaluation Manager (APHB) classification.