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<br />B. Third Step. If the grievance is not satisfactorily resolved at the Second Step, the <br />employee and/or the employee's representative may submit the grievance in <br />writing to the City Manager or his or her designated representative within thirty <br />(30) days of being informed of the disposition made at the Second Step. Failure <br />of the grievant and/or his or her designated representative to take this action will <br />constitute a waiver and bar to the grievance, and the grievance will be considered <br />settled on the basis of the disposition made at the Second Step. <br /> <br />The City Manager or his or her designated representative shall meet with the <br />employee and/or the employee's designated representative within fifteen (15) <br />working days after submission of the grievance. The City Manager, or his or her <br />designated representative, after careful review, may affirm, reverse, or modify the <br />disposition made at the Second Step and his or her decision, which shall be final <br />and binding, shall be delivered in writing, to the employee and/or the employee's <br />designated representative within fifteen (15) working days after said meeting. <br /> <br />A copy of the written grievance to the City Manager, or his or her duly authorized <br />representative, and of the City Manager's or his or her representative's written <br />decision, shall be filed in the personnel records of the department and the <br />grievant's personnel jacket maintained in the City Personnel Services Department. <br /> <br />17.4 Reservation of Rights. After the procedure set forth in this Article has been exhausted, <br />the grievant, the Union, and the City shall have all rights and remedies to pursue said <br />grievance under the law. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XVIII <br /> <br />18.0 UNION RIGHTS <br /> <br />18.1 Release Time for Union Grievance Representatives. The Union shall have the right to <br />appoint/elect a reasonable number of representatives who are recognized by the City as <br />officers or worksite leaders/stewards. <br /> <br />A. Such reasonable number of worksite leaders/stewards recognized by the City and <br />specified within the Full Time SEIU MOU shall be increased by one (1) for the <br />Part Time Civil Service category of employment, to a total of 16. <br /> <br />B. The City's Employee Relations Manager shall be provided with a list of names <br />and classification titles of the Union's officers as set forth in the Santa Ana City <br />Employees, Chapter 1939/Service Employees International Union Local 347 <br />Bylaws, as well as the names and classification titles of all worksite <br />leaders/stewards and other Union representatives. The Union agrees to inform the <br />City in writing of any changes in said list within ten (10) calendar days. <br /> <br />C. During the term of this Agreement, the City agrees to grant up to a total of two <br />hundred (200) hours per fiscal year on a non-cumulative basis to enable the <br />officers and worksite leaders/stewards to assist other bargaining unit employees in <br />processing grievances under the Grievance Review Procedure; provided, <br /> <br />31 <br />