City of Marysville, Decision 13092 (PECB, 2019)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
In the matter of the petition of:
Marysville Police Management Association/Fraternal Order of Police
Involving certain employees of:
City of marysville
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CASE 132025-E-19
DECISION 13092 - PECB
CERTIFICATION Cross-Check by Agreement of Parties
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Jim David, Attorney/General Counsel, Northwest Legal Advocates, LLC, for the Marysville Police Management Association.
Peter A. Altman, Attorney at Law, Summit Law Group PLLC, for the City of Marysville.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Marysville Police Management Association filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of employees of the City of Marysville. The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a showing of interest administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient. No other organization is known to claim to represent the employees involved.
2. These representation proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the Commission in the bargaining unit described as:
All commissioned police commanders and police lieutenants employed by the City of Marysville, excluding the police chief, assistant police chief, commissioned officers below the rank of sergeant, confidential employees, and all other employees.
3. All proceedings were conducted in a manner designed to afford the affected employees a free choice in the selection of a bargaining representative, if any; a confidential cross-check of employer and union documents has been conducted by Commission staff and a tally of the results previously furnished to the parties is attached hereto; and no meritorious objections have been filed with respect to these proceedings.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. The unit described in finding of fact 2 is an appropriate unit for the purpose of collective bargaining within the meaning of RCW 41.56.060.
2. All conditions precedent to a certification have been met.
CERTIFICATION
The employees of the City of Marysville in the appropriate bargaining unit described in finding of fact 2 have chosen
MARYSVILLE POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION/FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 5th day of November, 2019.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director