Case Name: The SCHOOL BOARD OF SARASOTA COUNTY, Florida, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS COMMISSION, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-06-02
Citations: 333 So. 2d 95
Docket Number: No. 76-798
Parties: The SCHOOL BOARD OF SARASOTA COUNTY, Florida, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS COMMISSION, Respondent.
Judges: HOBSON, Acting C. J., and GRIMES and SCHEB, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 333
Pages: 95–96

Head Matter:
The SCHOOL BOARD OF SARASOTA COUNTY, Florida, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS COMMISSION, Respondent.
No. 76-798.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 2, 1976.
Rehearing Denied June 30, 1976.
Roger C. Benson, St. Petersburg, Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, New York City, and Richard W. Cooney, Sarasota, for petitioner.
Jack L. McLean, Jr., Tallahassee, for respondent Florida Public Employees Relations Commission.
Frank E. Hamilton, III, of Hamilton, Douglas & Bennett, Fort Lauderdale, for intervenor-respondent International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers, Local No. 5.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
On April 30, 1976, the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) entered an order (76E-945) which provided:
"1. Pursuant to Fla.Stat. Section 447.307(3) (a)(1) (1975) and Section 8H-3.25 of the Commission Rules and Regulations, the Commission ORDERS that an election by secret ballot be held within 45 days for the following unit:
INCLUDED: All eligible employees in the facilities, transportation, food service and purchasing divisions of the Sarasota County School System.
EXCLUDED: All other non-instructional and instructional and all managerial/confidential employees in the Sarasota County School System.''
The School Board of Sarasota County, Florida, has petitioned for review seeking to set aside the aforesaid order.
We do not construe PERC's order determining the appropriateness of the bargaining unit as final agency action subject to judicial review under Fla.Stat. § 120.68 (1975). The City of Panama City, Florida v. The Florida Public Employees Relations Commission, Fla.App.1st, 1976, 333 So.2d 470. A certification following an election will constitute final agency action from which a petition for review may be filed at which time the issue of the appropriateness of the bargaining unit may be raised.
Accordingly, the petition for review is dismissed.
HOBSON, Acting C. J., and GRIMES and SCHEB, JJ., concur.