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shall meet the Local Union President, the steward or his/her designee within seven (7) working days after the grievance has been filed with the 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. This provision does not apply to employees in the Parks and Recreation Division. Those employees proceed from Step 1 to Step 3. Steo 3. Mayor/Designee: The Union may appeal the grievance to the Mayor or his/her designated representatives by giving his/her notice in writing within seven (7) working days following receipt of the Step 2 answer. The Mayor, and/or his/her designee, shall meet at a mutually agreed satisfactory time with the President, Steward or designee and the grievant 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, and/or his/her 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 and 3 meetings under the grievance procedure shall be scheduled at a time 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. /fan agreement is reached to attempt mediation of a pending 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. Sten 4. Arbitration:: If the grievance is not satisfactorily settled at Step 3, the Union may, within thirty (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, , shall be _h____ in 8008-.1.._..0 with or. rw,,.. ppli..-` _ _ -- within thirty (30) calendar days of the submitting the notice of intent, , submit a joint request to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) for a panel of 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. Once the panel of arbitrators is submitted to the parties, each party shall have fourteen (14) calendar days from the mailing date in which to strike any now to which it objects, number the remaining names to indicate the order of preference and return the list to the FMCS. Each party shall have the right to reject one (1) panel of arbitrators. The party requesting a second list of arbitrators shall satisfy the required fee for this service. If the Union does not send this intent to appeal to the Employer and make the request for a panel form FMCS within thirty (30) calendar days, then the grievance shall be considered withdrawn. 4663-12149430, v. 2