§ 16.204. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
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In addition to such other powers and duties as it has under the Charter and this ordinance and as may be conferred upon it from time to time by law, the Civil Service Commission shall have the power and duty:
(1) To certify as the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit that employee organization which has been selected by the employees in such bargaining unit pursuant to Section 16.211 of this Ordinance;
(2) To conduct elections to ascertain which employee organization represents a majority of the employees in a particular bargaining unit, or to arrange for the election to be conducted by a mutually agreed upon third party;
(3) To decertify as the exclusive representative an employee organization which has been found by election no longer to be the majority representative in a particular bargaining unit;
(4) To adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its business and the carrying out of its powers and duties;
(5) To administratively process all matters which require or permit a hearing before an administrative law judge and to the extent necessary make all arrangements for said hearings. The Commission, after review of the facts in any particular dispute, may attempt to obtain the agreement of the parties involved on the disputed issue(s) before the matter is submitted to an administrative law judge.
