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Agreement Getrveen Mayfield Village and F.O.P. Lodge 57 C. The arbitrator shall be without authority to recommend any right or relief on an alleged grievance occurring at any time other than the contract period in which such right originated or to make any award based on rights arising under any previous agreement, grievance, or practices. The arbitrator shall not establish any new or different wage rates not negotiated as part of this Agreement. In cases of discharge or of suspension, the arbitrator shall have the authority to recommend modification of said discipline. In the event of a monetary award, the arbitrator shall limit retroactive settlement to the date the grievance was presented to the Employer in Step 1 of the grievance procedure. D. The question of arbitrability of a grievance may be raised by either party before the arbitration hearing of the grievance, on the grounds that the matter is non-arbitrable or beyond the arbitrator's jurisdiction. The first question to be placed before the arbitrator will be whether or not the alleged grievance is arbitrable. If the arbitrator determines the grievance is within the purview of arbitrabitily, the alleged grievance will be heard on its merits before the same arbitrator. E. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the F.O.P., the employee and the Employer. Any cost involved in obtaining the list of arbitrators shall be equally divided between the Employer and the F.O.P. All costs directly related to the services of the arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. Expenses of any witnesses shall be borne, if any, by the party calling the witness. The fees of the court reporters sha11 be paid by the party asking for one; such fee sha11 be split equally if both parties desire a court reporter's recording or request a copy of any transcript. Section 19.7. A grievance may be brought by any employee covered by this Agreement. Where a group of bargaining unit members desires to file a grievance involving an incident affecting several members in the same manner, one member shall be elected by the group to process the grievance. Each member who desires to be included in such grievance shall be required to sign the grievance. Section 19.8. Any grievance that originates from a level above Step 1 of the grievance procedure may be submitted directly to the step or level from which it originates. No grievance can originate at a level subsequent to Step 2. Section 19.9. For the purpose of this Article, "days" sha11 be defined as consecutive days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays as defined herein. Section 19.10. In the event a step in the grievance procedure is permanently vacant, grievances presented to the vacant step will proceed to the next level, without any loss of time, to be answered by the supervisor next in the grievance procedure. Section 19.11. The Employer shall provide the F.O.P. with a list of management's designated representatives for each step of the grievance procedure. 6/1/2006 Page 15 of 36