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? ,. . _ . T Page 16 , .. • 31.3 The fact-finder shall transmit his findings of fact and recommendations on the unresolved issues to the Employer and the Association and to the State Employment Relations Board no later than fourteen Days after appointment, unless the parties agree to an extension. The State shall pay one-half the cost of the fact-finder. The parties to this Agreement shall each pay one-half of the remaining costs. 31.4 Not later than seven Days after the finding and recommendations are received, the legislative body, by a three-fifths vote of its total membership, or the Association by a three-fifths vote of the total Association membership, may reject the recommendations; if neither rejects the recommendations, the recommendations shall be deemed agreed upon as the final resolution of the issues submitted and a collective bargaining agreement shall be executed between the parties, including the fact-finders recommendations, except as otherwise modified by the parties by mutual agreement. If either the legislative body or the Association rejects the recomaaendations, the board shall publicize the findings of fact and recommendations of the fact-finder. 31.5 If the parties are unable to reach agreement within seven Days after the publication of findings and recommendations from the fact-finder, the Association shall submit the matter to a final offer settlement procednre pursnant to a board order issued forlhwith to the parties to settle by a conciliator selected by the parties. The parties shall request from a board a list of five qualified conciliators and the parties shall select a single conciliator from the list by alternate striking of names. If the parties cannot agree upon a conciliator within five Days after the board order, the board shall submit another list for alternate striking by both parties. If the parties cannot agree upon a conciliator within five Days, the board shall, on the sizth Day after receipt of the second list appoint a conciliator from a list of qnalified persons maintained by the board or shall request a list of qualified conciliatocs from the American Arbitration Association and appoint therefrom. 31.6 Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prohibit the parties at any time, from voluntarily agreeing to submit any of all of the issues in dispute to any other alternative dispute settlement procedure. An agreement or statutory equirement to arbitrate or to settle a dispute pursuant to a final offer settlement procedure and the award issued in accordance with the agreement or statutorp requirement is enforceable in the same manner as specified ia division (B) of section 4111.09 of the Sevised Code. 31.7 Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit a party from seeking enforcement of a collective bargaining agreement or a conciliator's award as specified in division (B) of section 4117.09 of the Revised Code. 31.8 The conciliator in final offer settlement shall follow the guidelines set forth in section 4117. of the Revised Code and the Rules of the State Employment xelations Board.