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A <br />Step 2: Mayor: If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled in Step 1, the grievance shall be <br />submitted to the F.O.P. Screening Committee. The Screening Committee will then review the <br />merits of the grievance and decide, no later than ten (10) days after the Employer's Step 1 answer <br />was issued, whether or not to recommend further appeal. <br />Should the Committee decide not to pursue the grievance further, the grievant(s) shall be so <br />informed, the grievance will be withdrawn from the grievance procedure, and the Committee's <br />decision shall be final and binding. Should the Committee decide to process the grievance further, <br />the F.O.P. may file an appeal with the Mayor within seven (7) days after the Screening <br />Committee's decision. Such appeal shall be in writing, shall include a copy of the original <br />grievance, and shall specify the reason why the grievant believes the Step 1 answer is in error. The <br />Mayor shall have ten (10) days in which to schedule a meeting with the aggrieved employee and <br />his or her appropriate F.O.P. representative. The Mayor shall investigate and respond to the <br />grievant and appropriate representative within ten (10) days following the meeting. <br />Step 3 Arbitration: If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled in Step 2, the F.O.P. may make a <br />written request that the grievance be submitted to arbitration. A request for arbitration must be <br />submitted within ten (10) calendar days following the date the grievance was answered in Step 2 <br />of the grievance procedure. In the event the grievance is not referred to arbitration within the limits <br />prescribed, the grievance shall be considered resolved, based upon the Step 2 reply. <br />(W Section 19.6. <br />A. If the Employer and the F.O.P. cannot agree upon an impartial arbitrator, the F.O.P. <br />may request a panel of arbitrators from the American Arbitration Association. Said <br />request shall be within ten (10) days following the notice for arbitration, and consist <br />of a list of seven (7) impartial arbitrators from the American Arbitration <br />Association. The parties shall agree on a submission agreement outlining the <br />specific issues to be determined by the arbitrator, but this shall not remove the <br />ability to proceed if the parties do not agree on submission. Upon receipt of the list <br />of seven (7) arbitrators, the parties shall meet to select an arbitrator within ten (10) <br />days from the date the list is received. The parties shall use the alternate strike <br />method from the list of seven (7) arbitrators submitted to the parties by the <br />American Arbitration Association. The party requesting the arbitration shall be the <br />first to strike a name from the list. Then the other party shall strike a name and <br />alternate in this manner until one name remains on the list. The remaining name <br />shall be designated as the arbitrator to hear the dispute in question. Prior to striking, <br />either party shall have the option to completely reject the list of names provided by <br />the American Arbitration Association and request one (1) additional list. All <br />procedures relative to the hearing shall be in accordance with the rules and <br />regulations of the American Arbitration Association. <br />B. The arbitrator shall hold the arbitration hearing promptly and issue his decision <br />within a reasonable time thereafter. The arbitrator shall limit his decision strictly to <br />the interpretation, application or enforcement of those specific articles and/or <br />sections of the Agreement in question. The arbitrator's decision shall be consistent <br />with applicable law. The arbitrator shall not have the authority to add to, subtract <br />13 <br />