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(B) The arbitrator shall hold a hearing within thirty days of the notification of appointment. He shall establish the hearing time and place, but it shall be, where feasible, within the jurisdiction of the City. (C) Not later than five (5) days befnre the hearing, each of the parties shall submit to the arbitrator and to the opposing party a written report summarizing the unresolved issue, the parties requested method of resolution, aad the rationale for that resolution. (D) All awards of the arbitrator and all pre-arbitration Grievance settlements reached by the Association and the Employer shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Association and the Employer. (E) T'he fees of the arbitrator, expenses of ineeting rooms and stenographic service shall be borne equally by the parties. 7.4 A Grievance may be withdrawn without prejudice at any time. 7.5 Both the Employer and the Association, shall in good faith, make every atternpt to resolve all Grievances at the iowest step in the Grievance Prooedure. ARTICLE VIII PERSONNEL REDUCTIUN 8.1 When a position in the Fire Department is abolished or an adrninistrative layoff is ordered, and the position is above the rank of Fire Fighter, the least Senior officer in such rank shall be demoted to the next lower rank and ttte least Senior officer in such Iower rank shall be demoted, and so on down until the least Senior person has been reached and he shall be laid off. 8.2 When a Fire Fighter's position, or Fire CadetJParamedic, has been abolished aud is re-established, or has beea administratively laid offaad subsequently a decision to refiIl the position is made, the person who previously heid that position shall be entitled to that position. If a position above the rank of Fire Fighter is aboiished, then re-established, or administrativeiy laid off, then subsequently a decision to refill is made, the person who previousty held that position shall be entitled to that position. No new Employees shall be hired nntil all laid off Employees within that 16