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G. Meeting Note • No recording or transcription shall be allowed during negotiation meetings and each party is responsible for taking its own meeting notes. H. Meeting Arrangement • The date and time of the next negotiating session shall, if possible, be agreed upon before the close of each session. 1. Caucus • A caucus may be called at any time during the negotiations by the Chief Negotiators for either committee. J. News Media • It is agreed that during the bargaining period, neither party will issue a statement to the news media on an individual basis regarding topics of negotiations. If, in the normal conduct of negotiations, such press release becomes necessary, the contents shall be mutually acceptable to all parties. Section 40.6. At any time during the bargaining process, either side may request, in writing, with or without a declaration of impasse, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to provide a mediator to assist the parties in reaching agreement. The mediator shall have no power to impose a settlement on either party or to in any way bind either party to agreement on any issue. The party making the request shall serve the other party with a copy of the written request. Section 40.7. In the event no agreement has been reached, approved and ratified prior to the expiration of the then-current agreement, either party may notify in writing the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") of the intent to submit the unresolved issues to it to be resolved through binding arbitration. A copy shall also be served upon the other party. The request to arbitrate may be made jointly by the parties. Any issues which have been agreed to by the Village and the F.O.P. shall be submitted as a partial agreement to the F.O.P. membership for approval/disapproval. If the F.O.P. approves the partial agreement, it shall notify the Village in writing of such action. Thereafter, the Village Council will vote to accept or reject the agreed issues. After the arbitrator has entered his award, said award and the partial agreement shall constitute the entire Agreement between the Village and the F.O.P. 5/1/2006 Page 33 of 36