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Agreement bet?veen Mayfield Village and F.O.P. Lodge 57 Should the Committee decide not to pursue the grievance further, the grievant(s) shall be so informed, the grievance will be withdrawn from the grievance procedure, and the Committee's decision shall be final and binding. Should the Committee decide to process the grievance further, the F.O.P. may file an appeal with the Mayor within seven (7) days after the Screening Committee's decision. Such appeal shall be in writing, shall include a copy of the original grievance, and sha11 specify the reason why the grievant believes the Step 1 aiiswer is in en•or. The Mayor shall have seven (7) days in which to schedule a meeting with the grieved employee and his appropriate F.O.P. representative. The Mayor shall investigate and respond to the grievant and appropriate representative within five (5) day following the meeting. Step 3 Arbitration: If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled in Step 2, the F.O.P. may make a written request that the grievance be submitted to arbitration. A request for arbitration must be submitted within ten (10) calendar days following the date the grievance was answered in Step 2 of the grievance procedure. In the event the grievance is not referred to arbitration within the limits prescribed, the grievance shall be considered resolved, based upon the Step 2 reply. Sectinn 19.6. A. If the Employer and the F.O.P. cannot agree upon an impartial arbitrator, the F.O.P. may request a panel of arbitrators from the American Arbitration Association. Said request shall be within ten (10) days following the notice for arbitration, and consist of a list of seven (7) impartial arbitrators from the American Arbitration Association. The parties shall agree on a submission agreement outlining the specific issues to be determined by the arbitrator, but this shall not remove the ability to proceed if the parties do not agree on submission. Upon receipt of the list of seven (7) arbitrators, tlie parties shall meet to select an arbitrator within ten (10) days from the date the list is received. The parties shall use the alternate strike method from the list of seven (7) arbitrators submitted to the parties by the American Arbitration Association. The party requesting the arbitration shall be the first to strike a name from the list. Then the other party sha11 strike a name and alternate in this manner until one name remains on the list. The remaining name shall be designated as the arbitrator to hear the dispute in question. Prior to striking, either party sha11 have the option to completely reject the list of names provided by the American Arbitration Association and request one (1) additional list. All procedures relative to the hearing shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the American Arbitration Association. B. The arbitrator shall hold the arbitration hearing promptly and issue his decision within a reasonable time thereafter. The arbitrator shall limit his decision strictly to the interpretation, application or enforcement of those specific articles and/or sections of the Agreement in question. The arbitrator's decision shall be consistent with applicable law. The arbitrator shall not have the authority to add to, subtract from, modify, change or alter any provision of this Agreement, nor add to, subtract from or modify the language therein in arriving at his determination on any issue presented that is proper within the limitations expressed herein. The arbitrator shall expressly confine himself to the precise issue submitted for arbitration and shall have no authority to deternune any other issues not so submitted to him or to submit observations or declarations of opinions which are not directly essential in reaching a decision on the issue in question. 6/1/2006 Page 14 of 36