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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service shall submit a panel of five arbitrators and the arbitrator shall be selected by alternate striking within ten (10) days after receipt of the list. (A) The arbitrator shall have no power or authority to add to, subtract from, or in any manner alter the specific terms of this Agreement, or to make any award requiring the commission of any act prohibited by law, or to make any award that itself is contrary to law or violates any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. (B) The arbitrator shall establish the hearing time and place, but it shall be, where feasible, within the jurisdiction of the City. (C) 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. (D) The fees of the arbitrator, expenses of rneeting rooms and stenogxaphic service shall be borne equally by the parties. 8.4 A Grievance may be withdrawn without prejudice at any time. 8.5 Both the Employer and the Association, shall in good faith, make every attempt to resolve all Crrievances at the lowest step in the Grievance Procedure. ARTICLE IX PERSONNEL REDUCTION 9.1 When a position in the Fire Department is abolished or an administrative 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 the least Senior officer in such lower rank shall be demoted, and so on down until the least Senior person has been reached and he shall be laid off. 9.2 When a Fire Fighter's position, or Fire Cadet/Paramedic, has been abolished and is re- established, or has been administratively laid off and subsequently a decision to refill the position is macle, the person who previously held that position shall be entitled to that position. If a position above the rank of Fire Fighter is abolished, then re-established, or administratively laid off, then subsec}uently a decision to refill is made, the person who previously held that position shall be entitled to that position. No new employees shall be hired until all laid off employees within tnat classification have been given the opportunity to return to work. Any employee laid off for more that thirty-six (36) consecutive months shall not be called to return to work. 9.3 Any Employee who has been laid off shall be subject to the terms and regulations of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). ,_;0