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A Step 2: Mayor: If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled in Step 1, the grievance shall be submitted to the F.O.P. 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 1 answer was issued, whether or not to recommend further appeal. 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the Committee decide not to pursue the grievance further, the grievant(s) shall be so informed, the grievance will be withdrawn from the grievance procedure, and the Committee's decision shall be final and binding.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 shall specify the reason why the grievant believes the Step 1 answer is in error. The Mayor shall have ten (10) days in which to schedule a meeting with the aggrieved employee and his or her appropriate F.O.P. representative. The Mayor shall investigate and respond to the grievant and appropriate representative within ten (10) days 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. (W Section 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, the 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 shall 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 shall 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 13