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4 within ten (10) calendar days following the City Administrator's final answer in Step <br />3. Any grievance not appealed in writing to Step 4 by LELS within ten (10) calendar <br />days shall be considered waived <br />Step 3A. A grievance unresolved in Step 2 and appealed to Step 3 by LELS may <br />be submitted to mediation with the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services, subject to <br />Public Employment Labor Relations Act (PELRA). <br />Step 4. A grievance unresolved in Step 3 or 3A and appealed to Step 4 by LELS <br />shall be submitted to arbitration subject to the provisions of the PELRA as amended. <br />....................... . <br />............................. <br />The selection of an arbitrator shall be made in accordance with the "Rules Governing <br />................................... <br />................. <br />.............................. <br />the Arbitration of Grievances" as established by the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation <br />................................ <br />........................................... <br />Services. <br />6.5 Arbitrator's Authority <br />A. <br />B. <br />or <br />inconsistent with or modifyingor var Inn an era the application of laws, <br />y g Y y pp <br />rules or regulations havingthe force and effect of law. The arbitrator's decision <br />g <br />shall`' be submitted in writing `within thirty (30) days following the close of the <br />hearing or the submission of briefs by the parties, whichever be later, unless the <br />parties agree an extension. ...........::..::.: . <br />T e ecision shall bebinding on of t o <br />= <br />EMPLOYER and LELS and shall be based solely on the arbitrator's <br />.::.::..::.....:.......:..: . .........:::...:.. <br />interpretation or `application of the express terms <br />o t isAgreement and tot e <br />................... <br />...:.....:..:.:..:.....:..:::. . <br />facts of the grievance presented. <br />.:..........:......:...:.. <br />The fees and ``expenses for the arbitrator's services and proceedings shall be <br />borne equally by the EMPLOYER and LELS provided that each party shall be <br />responsible for compensating its own representatives, attorneys, and witnesses. <br />If either party desires a verbatim record of the proceedings, it may cause such a <br />.....:.......................... .................... . <br />.................................. <br />record to be made providing it pays for the record. If both parties desire a <br />verbatim record of the proceedings, the cost shall be shared equally. <br />The arbitrator shall have no right to amend, modify, nullify, ignore, add to or <br />subtract from the provisions of this Agreement. The arbitrator shall consider <br />..:.::::....:..::.:...:::.. <br />and decide only the specific issue(s) submittedin writing by the EMPLOYER <br />and LELS, and shall have no authority` to make a decision on any other issue not <br />so submitted. <br />....._.......... <br />Thearbitrator shall b;. `th t t- k d t t ar ga r s a e vl ou o er o rna e ec dons con nary to <br />6.6 Waiver. If a grievance is not presented within the time limits set forth above, it shall be <br />considered waived. If a grievance is not appealed to the next step within the specified <br />time limit or any agree extension thereof, it shall be considered settled on the basis of <br />the EMPLOYER'S last answer. If the EMPLOYER does not answer a grievance or an <br />appeal thereof within the specified time limits, LELS may elect to treat the grievance as <br />denied at that step and immediately appeal the grievance to the next step. The time limit <br />6 <br />