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employee learned or should have learned of the event upon which the grievance is based. The immediate supervisor or superintendent shall meet with the employee or the employee and the steward within seven (7) working days. The supervisor or superintendent shall give an answer in writing to the participants involved in the initial meeting within seven (7) working days following the date of the grievance discussion. The affected employee shall be required to attend the aforementioned meeting. Step 2 Service DirectorlDesienee: If the employee's grievance is not satisfactorily settled at Step 1, the grievance shall be submitted to the Service Director within seven (7) working days after the Step 1 answer. The Service Director and/or his designee or representatives shall meet with the Local Union President the Steward or the Chief Steward or his designee within seven (7) working days after the grievance has been filed with the Service Director, and the Employer's representative shall answer the grievance in writing within seven (7) working days following completion of the Step 2 discussions. The affected employee shall be required to attend the aforementioned meeting. Step 3 Mavor/Desienee: The Union may appeal the grievance to the Mayor or his designated representative by giving him notice in writing within seven (7) working days following receipt of the Step 2 answer. The Mayor or his designee, shall meet at a mutually agreed satisfactory time with the President, Steward or Chief Steward, or designee to consider the grievance within seven (7) working days following receipt of the appeal. A representative of Ohio Council 8 may participate in any such meeting. The Mayor or his designee will answer the grievance in writing within seven (7) working days following completion of the Step 3 discussions. The affected employee shall be required to attend the aforementioned meeting. All Step 2 or 3 meetings under the grievance procedure shall be scheduled during the last forty- five (45) minutes of the workday unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties. Mediation. Any grievance that the union provides notice of its intent to arbitrate following the Step 3 decision may be referred to mediation by joint agreement of the parties. If an agreement is reached to attempt mediation of upending grievance, the time limits contained in Step 4, Arbitration regarding the union obtaining a list from FMCS shall be tolled until the conclusion of the mediation process. The parties agree to utilize FMCS for the purposes of mediating any grievance upon which there is mutual agreement to do so with the condition that no information shared during the process shall be admissible should the matter subsequently proceed to arbitration nor any opinion shared by the mediator during that process. Step 4 Arbitration: If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled at Step 3, the Union may, within (30) calendar days after receipt of the Step 3 answer submit the matter to arbitration. The Union shall notify the Employer of its intent to appeal the grievance to arbitration in writing or E-mail, and within that time the Union, must, within thirty (30) calendar days of the submitting the notice of intent, ane, submit a joint request to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) for a panel of fifteen (IS) Ohio based arbitrators to hear the matter. In lieu of making a FMCS list request the parties, by mutual agreement may elect to utilize an arbitrator selected under Appendix C or another agreed upon individual. 4880.6940.6880, v. 2