Bill Keenan, Business Representative, appeared on behalf of the petitioner.

Jerry Gates, Labor Consultant, and Gail Rauch, Snohomish County Assessor, appeared on behalf of the employer.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1.                  The above‑named petitioner timely filed a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation with the Public Employment Relations Commission, involving certain employees of the above-named employer. The showing of interest filed in support of the petition was administrative­ly determined by the Commission to be sufficient. The employer declined voluntarily to recognize the petitioner as the exclusive bargaining representative of its employees.

2.                  As a result of preliminary processing of the petition, the Commission proceeded with determination of the question concerning representation, and issues framed concerning the eligibility of certain employees for inclusion in the bargain­ing unit were reserved for subsequent determination.

3.                  These representa­tion proceedings were conducted in the bargaining unit described as:

ALL FULL-TIME AND REGULAR PART-TIME SUPERVISORS OF THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE, EXCLUDING CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES AND ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES.

4.                  All proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the Commission, in a manner designed to afford the affected employees a free choice in the selection of a bargaining representative. A tally of the result was previously fur­nished to the parties, and is attached hereto. The reserved eligibility issues do not affect the outcome of the question concerning representation. No meritorious objections have been filed with respect to these proceed­ings.

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

1.                  The bargaining unit described in paragraph 3 of the foregoing findings of fact is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining.

2.                  All conditions precedent to issuance of an interim certifica­tion have been met.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is

ORDERED

1.                  The employees of the above-named employer in the appropriate bargaining unit described in paragraph 3 of the foregoing findings of fact have chosen:

WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL OF COUNTY
AND CITY EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 1811-C

and that organization is certified as their exclusive bargain­ing representative for the purpose of collective bargain­ing with their employer.

2.                  The above-captioned matter is remanded for further proceedings on the eligibility issues previously reserved, as described in paragraph 2 of the foregoing findings of fact.

Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 19th day of May, 1999.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

[SIGNED]

MARVIN L. SCHURKE, Executive Director