NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Public Employees Relations Commission has received the petition for declaratory statement from Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District, Case No. DS-2009-001, Filed on August 20, 2009.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Chapter 447, F.S., as it applies to the petitioner.
A Fire Lieutenant working for a Southern Manatee Fire District is excluded from the rank and file Firefighter unit based upon a supervisory conflict of interest. He is purportedly a District Vice President of the union that represents the Firefighters. The Fire District is requesting a Declaratory Statement as to whether it may lawfully demote the Lieutenant to Firefighter or require him to resign his union office.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Clerk, Public Employees Relations Commission, 4050 Esplanade Way, Suite 150, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0950.