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Collective Bargaining Agreementbetveen Mayfield .Wage and the I.A.F.F. Loca12619 STEP 2 - dire Chief: If the employee and the immediate supervisor are unable to resolve the problem at the informal step, the grievant may refer the grievance to the Fire Chief, or his designee, within five (5) calendar days after receiving the Informal Step reply. The Fire Chief shall have three (3) calendar days in which to schedule a meeting with the aggrieved employee and his appropriate Union representative, if the former desires. The Fire Chief shall investigate and respond in writing, to the grievant and/or the appropriate Union representative within eight (8) calendar days following the meeting. STEP 3 - Mayor: If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled in Step 2, the grievance shall be submitted to the Union Screening Committee. The Screening. Committee will then review the merits of the grievance and decide, no later than ten (10) days after the Employer's Step 2 answer was issued, whether or not to recommend further appeal. Should the Committee decide not to pursue the grievance further, the grievants) shall be so informed, the grievance will be withdrawn from the grievance procedure, and the Committee's decision shall be final and binding.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 Union 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 shall specify the reason why the grievant believes the Step 2 answer is in error. The Mayor shall have ten (10) days in which to schedule a meeting with the grieved employee and the appropriate Union representative. The .Mayor shall investigate and respond to the grievant and appropriate representative within ten (10) days following the meeting. STEP 4 -Arbitration: If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled in Step 3, the grievant may submit the grievance to arbitration within ten (10) calendar days following the date the grievance was answered in Step 3. In the event the arbitration is not submitted within the time limits prescribed, the grievance shall be considered resolved based upon the Step 3 reply. Section 14.12. The representatives of the parties (the Union and the Employer) shall schedule a prearbitration meeting to be held within fourteen (14) calendar days after notification of a request to arbitrate to begin the selection process. The parties shall attempt to settle the grievance and, if it cannot be settled, attempt to draft an agreed upon submission statement. If the parties are unable to agree upon a submission statement, but have agreed to proceed to arbitration over the underlying dispute, the arbitrator shall frame the issue or issues to be decided. At the pre-disciplinary meeting, the Employer's representative will notify the Union of any question of arbitrability and of its intent to raise the question at the arbitration hearing. Section 14.13. A. The parties. will attempt to mutually agree upon an arbitrator. If such agreement is not reached, the parties will promptly request the American Arbitration Association to submit a list of seven (7) arbitrators. The parties shall alternately strike the names of the arbitrators until only one (1) name remains. Either party may once reject the list and request from the 10