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e) The grievant may choose whomever he wishes to rep- resent him at any step of the grievance procedure after Step 1. f) Tfie existence of this Grievance Procedure, hereby established, shall not be deemed to require any employee to pursue the remedies herein provided and shall not impair or limit the right of any employee to pursue any other remedies available under law, except that any employee who pursues any other available remedy other than provided by this procedure, shall automatically have waived and forfeited any remedies provided by this proce- dure. g) The time limits provided herein will be strictly adhered to and any grievance not filed initially or appealed within the specified time limits will be deemed waived and void. If the Employer fails to reply within the specified time limit, the grievance shall automatically be sustained in favor of the grievant. The time limits specified for either party may be extended only by written mutual agreement. h) This procedure shall not be used for the purposes of adding to, subtracting from, or altering in any way, any of the provisions of this Agreement. Section 4. Al1 grievances shall be administered in accord- ance with the following steps of the grievance procedure. Step l: An employee who believes he may have a griev- ance shall notify his immediate supervisor on the shift that the grievance occurred of the possible grievance within five (5) days of the occurrence of the facts giving rise to the grievance. The supervisor will schedule an informal meeting with the Administra- tive Captain of the Police bepartment or his designee, the employee and an NOPBA representative, if such representation is requested by the employee, within five (5) days of the notice by the employee, at which time the issue in dispute will be dis- cussed with the objective of resolving the matter informally. Step 2: If the dispute is not resolved informally at Step 1, it shall be reduced to writing by the grievant and pre- sented as a grievance to the Chief of Police or his designee within five (5) days of the informal meeting or notification of the supervisor's decision at Step 1, whichever is later, but not later than seven (7) days from the date of the meeting if the supervisor fails to give the employee an answer. The Chief of Police or his designee shall give his answer within five (5) days of the meeting. Step 3: If the grievant is not satisfied with the writ ten decision at the conclusion of Step 2,. a written appeal of the -8-