DECISIONS

                                                                                                                             STATE OF WASHINGTON

                                                                             BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

In the matter of the petition of:                    )

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WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL OF                               )

COUNTY AND CITY EMPLOYEES                                       )                      CASE 17843-E-03-2881

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)                      DECISION 8299 - PECB

Involving certain employees of:                   )

)                      INTERIM CERTIFICATION

KITSAP COUNTY                                                                                                      )

)                      Representation Election

)                      By Agreement of Parties

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Bill Keenan, Director of Organizing, appeared on behalf of the petitioner.

Nancy Buonanno Grennan, Labor Relations Manager, appeared on behalf of the employer.

                                    FINDINGS OF FACT

1.                  The above‑named petitioner filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation of employees of the above-named employer.  The petition was timely filed and was accompanied by a showing of interest which was administra­tively deter­mined by the Commission to be suffi­cient.

2.         Following an investigation conference­, 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 by the Commission in the bargaining unit described as:

ALL FULL-TIME AND REGULAR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES OF KITSAP COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPART­MENT, EXCLUDING SUPERVISORS, 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, if any; a tally of the results was previously fur­nished to the parties and is attached hereto; the reserved eligibili­ty issues do not affect the outcome of the question concerning representation; and no meritori­ous objections have been filed with respect to these proceed­ings.

                                                       CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

1.         The unit described in paragraph 3 of the foregoing Findings of Fact is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of RCW 41.56.060.

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

NOW, THEREFORE, it is

                                                                    CERTIFIED

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

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 reserved as described in paragraph 2 of the foregoing Findings of Fact.

Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 20th day of November, 2003.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

MARVIN L. SCHURKE, Executive Director