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termination shall be submitted directly to Step IV. The Mayor or designated representative shall reply in writing within ten (10) working days from the receipt of that appeal. 10.04 Arbitration A. If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled at Step IV, the FOP/OLC may submit the matter to The American Arbitration Association requesting a list of arbitrators from the National Academy Panel of Arbitrators of the American Association within the time limits specified above and shall be subject to the rules of the Association within thirty (30) days after the Step IV answer was issued. B. The arbitrator selected shall have no authority to add to, subtract from, or in any way modify the provision of this Agreement. 1. Any fees and expenses of the arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. 10.05 Time Limitations A. To be considered valid, a grievance must be filed in writing within ten (10) working days of the occurrence of the alleged violation of this Agreement. A grievance which is not timely filed at each step by the Union under the provisions of Article 10 shall be considered void. B. If a grievance is originally filed in a timely manner and the City fails to answer it within the prescribed time period at any particular Step, then the grievance shall automatically proceed to the next Step of the grievance procedure. C. Once a grievance is originally timely filed, the parties may, by mutual written agreement, extend the time in which to answer or to appeal it to the next Step. The parties may also, by mutual written agreement, agree to skip any Step of the grievance procedure in order to promote the expeditious resolution of any grievance. 10.06 The FOP/OLC (in its capacity as exclusive representative of the employees covered by this Agreement) shall have final authority to withdraw or terminate the processing of a grievance at any Step, should the FOP/OLC determine that the grievance lacks merit or justification, or that it has been settled or adjusted in a fair and equitable manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement, and in the interest of the continuing relationship of the parties. 10.07 The grievance procedure set forth in this Article shall be the sole and exclusive method for resolving matters which constitute grievances under this Agreement. Any decisions, results or settlements reached under the terms of this Grievance Procedure, whether reached by an arbitrator's decision or at any pre -arbitration step of the procedure, shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the City, the FOP/OLC and the employee. 0