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? to protect and preserve the Grievance Procedure as an orderly means of resolving grievances. Actions by the City or the Union which tend to impair or weaken the Grievance Procedure are improper. Section 2: A grievance is a dispute or difference between the City and the Union, or between the City and an employee, concerning the interpretation or application and/or compliance with the terms of this Agreement and shall include disputes concerning disciplinary actions. When any such grievances arise, the following procedure shall be observed: STEP 1; An employee who has a grievance shall reduce it to writing and the grievance shall be presented to the immediate supervisor by his steward, in the presence of the employee, or, in the case of the Waste Water Plant, the superintendent, within ten (10) calendar days after the employee learned or should-have learned of the event upon which the grievance is based. The immedfate super- visor or superintendent shall meet with the employee or the employee and the steward within three (3) working days. The supervisor or superintendent shall qive an answer in writing to the participants involved in the initial meet- ing within two (2) workinq days following the date of the grievance discussion. STEp 2: If the employee's grievance is not satisfactorily settled at Step 1, the grievance shall be submitted to the Service Director within five (5) working days after the Step 1 answer. The Service Director and/or his designated representative or representatives shall meet with the Local Union President, the Steward and the Chief Steward or his designee within five (5) workinq days after the griev- ance has been filed with the Service Director, and the City's representative shall answer the grievance in writing within four (4) working days following completion of the Step 2 discussions. 8