(a) The Fraternal Order of Police shall be the exclusive bargaining representative in the following bargaining unit of police employees:
(1) Included Classifications: Senior officer, sergeants with no supervisory duties, and officers first class;
(2) Excluded Classifications: Chief, deputy chief, captain, lieutenant, detective/sergeant, sergeants with supervisory duties, probationary officer, all other supervisors, confidential employees, and all other employees.
(b) A supervisor for purposes of this chapter is any individual having the authority in the interest of the city to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.
(c) A confidential employee for purposes of this chapter is any individual whose unrestricted access to confidential personnel files or whose functional responsibilities or knowledge in connection with the issues involved in dealings between the city and its employees would make his membership in an employee organization incompatible with his official duties. (Ord. 83-6 §§ 1 (part), 9 (part), 1983; Ord. 78-30 § 1 (part), 1978).