D.U.P. NO. 85-16

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

BEFORE THE DIRECTOR OF REPRESENTATION

In the Matter of

BOROUGH OF EATONTOWN,

Respondent,

-and-	Docket No. CO-84-307

EATONTOWN P.B.A. LOCAL 305,

Charging Party.

REFUSAL TO ISSUE COMPLAINT

On May 21, 1984, Eatontown P.B.A. Local 305 filed an Unfair Practice Charge alleging that the Borough of Eatontown ("Borough") violated the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1 et seq., specifically §§5.3(a)(5) and (7).

By letter dated September 18, 1984, the Administrator of Unfair Practice Proceedings advised the Petitioner that, since it did not represent the Borough's superior officers, it appeared that it lacked standing to file the instant charge. In that letter, the Administrator invited the Petitioner to withdraw its charge or to raise further factual or legal issues.

The undersigned has reviewed the Petitioner's letter of October 8, 1984. It does not raise any issues of fact or law not already considered in this matter.

Therefore, for the reasons set forth in the Administrator's letter of September 18, 1984, the undersigned declines to issue a complaint in the above matter.

BY ORDER OF COMMISSION DESIGNEE

/s/Edmund G. Gerber

DATED:	November 5, 1984

Trenton, New Jersey