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13 of its Recognition Petition under Section 6 of this Resolution shall be submitted in writing to the Employee <br />Relations Officer within fifteen (15) days of such change. <br />Section 15: Payroll Deductions on Behalf of Employee Organizations <br />Upon formal acknowledgment by the City of a Recognized Employee Organization under this Resolution, only such <br />Recognized Employee Organization may be provided payroll deductions of membership dues and insurance <br />premiums for plans sponsored by such organization upon the written authorization of employees in the unit <br />represented by Recognized Employee Organization on forms provided therefore by the City. The providing of such <br />service to the Recognized Employee Organization by the City shall be contingent upon and in accordance with the <br />provisions of Memorandum of Understanding and/or applicable administrative procedures. <br />Section 16: Employee Oreanization Activities -Use of City Resources <br />Access to City work locations and the use of City paid time, facilities, equipment and other resources by employee <br />organizations and those representing them shall be authorized only to the extent provided for in Memorandum of <br />Understanding and/or administrative procedures; shall be limited to activities pertaining directly to the employer- <br />employee relationship and not such internal employee organization business as soliciting membership, campaigning <br />for office, and organization meetings and elections; and shall not interfere with the efficiency, safety and security of <br />City operations. <br />Section 17: Administrative Rules and Procedures <br />The Employee Relations Officer is hereby authorized to establish such rules and procedures as appropriate to <br />implement and administer the provisions of this Resolution after consultation with affected employee organizations. <br />Section 18: Initiation of Impasse Procedures <br />If the meet and confer process has reached impasse as defined in this Resolution, either party may initiate the <br />impasse procedures by filing with the other party a written request for an impasse meeting, together with a statement <br />of its position on all disputed issues. An impasse meeting shall then be scheduled promptly by the Employee <br />Relations Officer. The purpose of such impasse meeting shall be: <br />To identify and specify in writing the issue or issues that remain in dispute; <br />To review the position of the parties in a final effort to resolve such disputed issue or issues; and <br />If the dispute is not resolved, to discuss arrangement for the utilization of the impasse procedures provided herein. <br />Section 19: Impasse Procedures <br />Impasse procedures are as follows: <br />If the parties so agree, the issue or issues at impasse shall be submitted directly to the City Council for <br />determination. <br />If they do not agree within seven (7) days following the conclusion of the impasse meeting set forth in Section 18 <br />above, either party may submit the impasse to mediation. <br />All mediation proceeding shall be private and the mediator shall make no public recommendation, nor take any <br />public position at any time concerning the issues. <br />If the parties are unable to agree on a mediator after a reasonable period of time, they shall select the mediator from <br />a list of three names to be provided by the State Conciliation Service, or if that agency for any reason shall fail to <br />provide such list, by the American Arbitration Association. <br />Upon receipt of such list, the parties shall alternately strike names from the list until a single name remains who <br />shall become the mediator. The priority of striking names shall alternate from one party to the other each time <br />impasse procedures are invoked by the same parties. The employee organization or the City shall commence this <br />62