Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 03-27-2007 regular agenda — reading text

850) 488- 8641 RECOGNITION-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PETITION PART I -REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION INSTRUCTIONS: Part I is to be completed by the union which is requesting recognition by the public employer. This form is to be served on the employer representative indicated in item 5 below. Ifmore space is required for any item, attach additional sheets, numbering items accordingly. The petitioner hereby requests recognition by the public employer as the exclusive bargaining agent for the employees in the classifications listed in item 6 below: 1. NAME OF PETITIONER: Fbrt Walton Beach Firefighters Association Address: P . 0. Box 1 241 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549- 1241 Zip Code 2. PETITIONER REPRESENTATIVE: Shannon R. Stone Title: President Phone No. 850- 259- 9344 Address: 6604 Redfield St Navarre, FL 32566 Zip Code 3. PERC REGISTRATION NUMBER OF PETITIONER: OR- 86- 208 Expiration of current registration: Auqust 5, 2007 PERCForm 3 Page 1 of 5 ( Rev. 6/ 02) 4. NAME OF EMPLOYER: City of Fort Wal ton Beach Address: p. o. Box 4009 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549 Zip Code 5. EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVE: Joyce Shanahan Phone No. 850- 833- 9504 Title: City Manager Address: P. o. Box 4009 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549 Zip Code List 6. DESCRIPTION OF UNIT CLAIMED to be appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining. ( individually all job classifications proposed for inclusion.) INCLUDED: Battalion Chiefs EXCLUDED: Fire Chief Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Administrative Assistant Three ( 3) 7. APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES in the unit claimed to be appropriate: PERC Fonn 3 Page 20f5 ( Rev. 6/ 02) 8. ( a) Is this request supported by more than 50% of the employees in the proposed bargaining unit? X YES NO b) If answer to ( a) is YES, describe the method by which the public employer may verify the majority status claimed by the organization. Signed letter of support from the Battalion Chiefs stating their Support. 9. tAILED OR DELIVERED TO public employer: DATE THIS REQlJEST WAS IV- r/ lt\~ l3j don7 Q.~ nature of Petitioner Representative PART II -RECOGNITION-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES INSTRUCTIONS: If the public employer recognizes the petitioner/organization as the collective bargaining agent for the employees in the proposed unit, Part II is to be completed and submitted to the organization, attaching copies of the job descriptions, if any, for all classifications of employees to be included in the unit. The public employer should simultaneously serve copies of the executed form without job descriptions upon those employee organizations listed in 14, below. 10. Does the org~ ization have the support of a maj ority of the employees in the proposed unit? YES NO 11. TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE UNIT proposed in item 6: Three ( 3) 12. DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD BY WHICH THE MAJORITY STATUS OF THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN VERIFIED: Signatures of support by three ( 3) Battalion Chiefs. PERC Form 3 Page 3 of 5 ( Rev. 6/ 02) 13. DATE OF EXPIRATION OF THE CURRENT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT covering any employee within the proposed unit, if any: N/ A 4. ORGANIZATIONS OTHER THAN PETITIONER which claim to represent any of the employees in the unit set forth in item 6, above, if known. ( If none, so state) None 15. ( a) HAS A REPRESENTATION ELECTION BEEN CONDUCTED within the preceding twelve ( 12) months among any of the employees in the proposed unit? YES x NO b) If answer to ( a) is Yes, give the date of the last election: However signatures of all employees for support of recognition have been secured. 16. NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES: If approved by the Public Employees Relations Commission, this petition will result in the organization being certified as the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees in the unit described above. No election will be conducted. Any person who objects to approval of the petition must file written notice with the Public Employees Relations Commission, stating the basis for such objection, within twenty ( 20) days after initial posting of this notice. 17. ( a) LIST OF LOCATIONS WHERE COPIES OF THIS FORM HAVE BEEN POSTED BY THE EMPLOYER: City of Fort Walton Beach HumanrResources Office City Fire Stations on Hollywood Blvd. and Lewis Turner Blvd. b) Date of initial posting: March 28, 2007 PERCForm 3 18. ( a) The public employer recognizes the employee organization named in item 1 as the collective bargaining representative of the employees in the unit described in item 6. b) Attached hereto is documentary evidence of such recognition ( e. g. fonnal resolution or official minutes reflecting the act of recognition). c) The public employer has mailed copies of this executed fonn and attachments to the organizations listed in item 14. 19. DATE OF EXECUTION OF PART II: Signature of Employer Representative PART III -PETITION INSTRUCTIONS: Upon receipt of Part II from the public employer, the employee organization shall execute Part III and file the original and one ( 1) copy of the fully executed Petition and of the job descriptions for all classifications of employees to be included in the unit with the Commission. 20. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON EXECUTING PART III, if different from Petitioner Representative in item 2 above: NAME: Title: Phone No. Address: Zip Code I have read the above form and all attachments. The statements contained therein are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. 21. DATE OF EXECUTION OF PART III: Signature of Petitioner Representative FALSE STATEMENTS MAY RESULT IN FINE AND IMPRISONMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 837, FLORIDA STATUTES  FORT WALTON BEACH PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION I. A. F. F. LOCAL 2601 P. O. Box 1241 gfot'ida. ( P'tofE.! J.iona. J.! f FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32549- 1241 F IREFIGRTERS y December 18, 2006 State of Florida Public Employees Relations Commission 4050 Esplanade Way Tallahassee, Florida 32399- 0950 To Whom It May Concern: Per the instructions of the Representation- Certification Petition, below are signatures of the employees who are requesting to participate in the supervisors bargaining unit. By employees signing this letter, they are supporting the inclusion of battalion chiefs into a supervisors bargaining unit. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Respectfully, Q..~ Shannon R.Stone President, IAFF Local 2601 Fort Walton Beach Professional Firefighters, ( 850) 259- 9344 J-~~ 4~tl Robert Bullard, Battalion Chief Fort Walton Beach Fire Department 1-~ Gene'"Large, Battalion hief Fort Walton Beach Fire Department tVlo/1 .f; M~" DavId Messerschmidt, Battal10n Chief , ~:/"' NO.RN TO AND Sl.13S~ RDfiO nfWtJ; i'.,.'(~ iV\ ' Fort Walton Beach Fire Department DAY O~.", THjSo - ~ I1:!/:::;.:""",~~ t\~~ R; s DianaS. Emery & NataryPubhc, StataafRonda ~ iaL~. ~~. r J," Y>' -'t;!' 1 !~' f i'::> "'~ I ,.... """""'~~"'" I'_