2019-21 - Ratify Collective Bargaining - Paramedics

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Association representatives in an attempt to adjust the grievance. Within seven (7) days after the Step I meeting, the Chief of Fire will supply a written answer to the grievant and to the Association. Step 11. If the employee's grievance is not satisfactorily settled at Step I, the Association may appeal the grievance to the Mayor within seven (7) days after the receipt of the Step I answer. After receipt of the appeal, the Mayor, or a designated representative, and Association representatives shall meet to consider the grievance at a time mutually convenient to all parties, but in no event shall such a meeting commence later than fourteen (14) days after the appeal of the Step I response. The grievant or grievants may or may not be present at this meeting. Within seven (7) days of the Step II meeting, the Mayor, or a designated representative, shall furnish the Association a decision in writing. Step III. If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled at Step II, the Association may, within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of the Step II answer, submit the matter to arbitration. The Association shall notify the American Arbitration Association and the City simultaneously of its intent to appeal the griev- ance to arbitration. Upon written notice of the Association's intent to arbitrate a grievance, the American Arbitration Association shall submit a panel of seven (7) arbitrators to each party, and the arbitrators will be chosen in accordance with the Association's then applicable rules and regulations. The fees and expenses of the arbitrators shall be home equally by the parties. Arbitration hearing shall be held in the City of Lakewood, on City property. 20.03 The Association may select up to two (2) employees to attend the hearing (including officers and witnesses) who shall not lose any regular straight time pay for the time off the job while attending any arbitration proceeding. 20.04 In the event a grievance goes to arbitration, the arbitrator shall have jurisdiction only over disputes arising out of grievances and, in reaching a decision, the arbitrator shall have no authority to add to or subtract from or modify, in any way, the provisions of this Agreement. 20.05 The grievance procedure set forth herein shall be the exclusive method of reviewing and settling disputes between the City and the Association, and/or between the City and employee(s). All decisions of arbitrators and all pre -arbitration grievance settlements reached by the Association and the City shall be final, conclusive and binding on the City, the Association and the members. A grievance may be withdrawn by the Association at any time during Step I, II, or III of the grievance procedure, and the withdrawal of any grievance shall not be prejudicial to the positions taken by the parties as they related to that grievance or any other grievance. 20.06 Time limits set forth in a grievance procedure shall, unless extended by mutual written agreement of the City and the Association, be binding on both parties. In the event the Union fails to file initially or appeal a grievance to the next step within the time limits provided, such grievance shall be deemed null and void. In the event the City fails to answer the grievance within the time limits provided, the grievance shall automatically be moved to the next step. Working days, as provided in the grievance procedure, shall not include Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. It is understood that there shall be written acknowledgement noting the time and date the Association and the City have received the grievance in each respective step during the grievance procedure. All withdrawals of grievances by the Association shall be in writing with a copy being sent to the Chief, Division of Fire, and the Director of Human Resources, ARTICLE 21 15