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An impasse meeting shall then be scheduled promptly by the Employee Relations Officer. <br />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 <br />issues; and <br />If the dispute is not resolved, to discuss arrangement for the utilization of the impasse <br />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 <br />Council for determination. <br />If they do not agree within seven (7) days following the conclusion of the impasse <br />meeting set forth in Section 18 above, either party may submit the impasse to mediation. <br />All mediation proceeding shall be private and the mediator shall make no public <br />recommendation, nor take any 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 <br />shall select the mediator from a list of three names to be provided by the State Conciliation <br />Service, or if that agency for any reason shall fail to provide such list, by the American <br />Arbitration Association. <br />Upon receipt of such list, the parties shall alternately strike names from the list until a <br />single name remains who shall become the mediator. The priority of striking names shall <br />alternate from one party to the other each time impasse procedures are invoked by the <br />same parties. The employee organization or the City shall commence this process in an <br />order determined by lot striking the first name from such list of names in any initial <br />mediation. 1 <br />The cost of the mediator, if any, shall be shared equally by both parties. <br />If the parties have failed to resolve all their disputes through mediation within fifteen (15) <br />days after the mediator commenced meetings with the parties, the parties may agree to <br />submit the issues in dispute directly to the City Council. In that event, the City Council <br />shall finally determine the issues after conducting a public hearing thereon and after such <br />further investigation of the relevant facts as it may deem appropriate. . <br />W. <br />25K-82 <br />