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Department Bead, The Department Head, or his or her designated . representative, <br />shall review the grievance and may affirm, reverse or modify the disposition <br />made at the First Step and shall deliver his or her answer to the employee and /or <br />the employee's designated representative within ten (10) working days after said <br />meeting, <br />B. Third Stec. If the grievance is not satisfactorily resolved at the Second Step, the <br />employee and /or the ernpioyee'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 />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 />worldng days after submission of the grievance, The City Manager, or his or her <br />designated representative, after careful review, may affirul, reverse, or modify the <br />disposition made at tine Second Step and his or her decision, whicb shall be final <br />and binding, shall be delivered in writing, to the employee andlor the employee's <br />designated representative within frfteon (15) working days after said meeting. <br />A copy of the written grievance to the City Manager, or his or her duly authorized <br />representative, and of the City Managor'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 />C. Fourth Stems. If the grievance is not resolved at the third stop, the Union may <br />request that the grievance be submitted to advisory arbitration for issuance of a <br />recommendation, The 'Union must advise the Personnel Department within 10 <br />calendar days of receipt of the decision from the City Manager at Step 3 of its <br />desire to request to have the matter considered by arr arbitrator. Upon request to <br />submit the matter to arbitration, unless the parties can agree on an arbitrator to <br />hear the grievanoo, the City will request a list of seven arbitrators frotn the State <br />Mediation and Conciliation Service. Upon receipt of the list, the parties will strike <br />names with the Union striking first, Once an arbitrator is selected, he/she will <br />conduct a 'hearing regarding the grievance. The cost of the arbitrator shall be <br />equally shared between SEIU and the City. Once the arbitrator issues his /her <br />advisory recommendation to the parties, the recommendation shall be submitted <br />to the City Manager who will make a final decision on the grievance within 20 <br />days of his/her receipt of the recormmendation. <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 ptirxsuo said <br />grievance under the law. <br />59 <br />25A -63 <br />