Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/25/2021

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6,5 days followgthe pin Employer designated representatives final Step 2 answer. Any grievancepp days not appealed in writing to Step 3 by LELS within ten (10) calendar dys shall be considered waived, Step . 3If appealed, the written grievance shall be presented by LELS and discussed with the RamseyCity Administrator who is the Employer's designated Step 3 representative. The Employer designated representative shall give LELS the Y o Emp ter's answer in writing within ten. (10) calendar days after receipt of such Step 3 grievance.grievance rievance not resolved in Step 3 may be appealed to Step 4 within ten (10)calendar days following the Employer designated representative's final answer in Step 3, Any grievance not appealed in writing to Step 4 by LELS within ten (10) calendar days shall be considered waived Step , 3AA grievance unresolved in Step 2 and appealed to Step 3 by LELS may be submitted to mediation subject to Public Employees Labor Relations Act (PBLRA). Step 4. A grievance unresolved in Step 3 or 3A and appealed to Step 4 by LELS shall be submitted to arbitration. subject to the provisions of the' Public Employment La bor Relations Act of 1971, as amended. The selection of an arbitrator shall be made in accordance with the .`Rules Governing the Arbitration of Grievances" as established by state law, Arbitrator's Authority A. The arbitrator shall have no right to amend, modify, nullify, ignore, add to or subtract from the terixas and conditions of this Agreement, The arbitrator shall consider and decide only the specific issue(s) submitted in writing by the Employer and LELS, 'and shall have no authority to make a decision on any other issue not so submitted, B. The arbitrator shall be without power to make decisionscontrary to or inconsistent with or modifying or varying in any way the application of laws, regulations having rules or � F s ha i_n the force and effect of law. The arbitrator's decision shall be submitted in writing within thirty (30) days following the close of the hearingor the submission of briefs by the parties, whichever be later, unless the parties agree to an extension. The decision shall be binding on both the Employer and LELS and shall be based solely on the arbitrator'sinterpretation Employer �1t8 1'etatiOn or application of the express terms of this Agreement and to the facts of the grievance presented, • C. The fees and expenses for the arbitrator's, services and proceedings shall be • p �shall be borne equally by the Employer and LELS provided that each party compresponsibleensating for its own representatives and witnesses, If either party desires a verbatim record of the proceedings, it may cause such a record to be made providing it pays for the record. If both parties desire a verbatim record of the proceedings, the cost shall be shared equally, 6