CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) (2019-2022)

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EXHIBIT 8 fConfinuedj The Employee Relations Officer is hereby authorized to establish such rules and procedures as appropriate to Implement and administer the provisions of this Resolution after consultation with affected employee organizations. Section 18: Initiation of Impasse Procedures If the meet and confer process has reached impasse as defined in this Resolution, either party may initiate the impasse procedures by filing with the other party a written request for an impasse meeting, together with a statement of its position on all disputed Issues. An impasse meeting shall then be scheduled promptly by the Employee Relations Officer, The purpose of such impasse meeting shall be: To identify and specify in writing the issue or issues that remain in dispute; To review the position of the parties in a final effort to resolve such disputed issue or issues; and If the dispute is not resolved, to discuss arrangement for the utilization of the impasse procedures provided herein. Section I?: Impasse Procedures Impasse procedures are as follows: If the parties so agree, the Issue or issues at impasse shall be submitted directly fo the City Council for determinal'ion. If they do not agree within seven (7) days following the conclusion of the impasse meeting set forth in Section 18 above, either party may submit the impasse to mediation. All mediation proceeding shall be private and the mediator shall make no public recommendation, nor take any public position at any time concerning the issues. If the parties are unable to agree on a mediator after a reasonable period of time, they shall select the mediator from a list of three names to be provided by the State Conciliation Service, or if that agency for any reason shall fail to provide such list, by the American Arbitration Association. Upon receipt of such list, the parties shall alternately strike names from the list until a single name remains who shall become the mediator. The priority of striking names shall alternate from one party to the other each time impasse procedures are invoked by the some parties. The employee organization or the City shall commence this process in on order determined by lot striking the first name from such list of names in any initial mediation. The cost of the mediator, if any, shall be shared equally by both parties, -----------------------------------__- ---------------------------- CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOU: JANUARY 1, 2019 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2022 Page 97 #10865v2