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- 10 - <br /> answer is given or due, appeal the grievance to <br /> arbitration. <br /> Section S. Arbitration Procedures <br /> Representatives of the Employer and the Union shall meet <br /> to select an arbitrator from a list of mutually agreed to <br /> arbitrators . If the parties are unable to agree on an <br /> arbitrator within ten (10) working days after the meeting, <br /> the parties shall request the Federal Mediation and <br /> Conciliation Service to submit a list of seven (7) <br /> arbitrators. Either party may reject one entire panel of <br /> arbitrators . The parties shall alternately strike the names <br /> of three (3) arbitrators, taking turns as to the first <br /> strike. The person whose name remains shall be the <br /> arbitrator. The arbitrator shall be notified of his/her <br /> selection by a joint letter from the Employer and the Union <br /> requesting that he/she set a time and place for the hearing, <br /> subject to the availability of the Employer and Union' s <br /> representatives, and shall be notified of the issue where <br /> mutually agreed to by the parties . All hearings shall be held <br /> in the City of Decatur, unless mutually agreed otherwise. <br /> The Employer and the Union shall have the right to <br /> request the arbitrator to require the presence of witnesses <br /> and/or documents . <br /> Questions of arbitrability shall be decided by the <br /> arbitrator. The arbitrator shall make a preliminary <br /> determination on the question of arbitrability. Once a <br /> determination is made that the matter is arbitrable or if such <br /> preliminary determination cannot be reasonably made, the <br /> arbitrator shall then proceed to determine the merits of the <br /> dispute. The arbitrator shall neither amend, modify, nullify, <br /> ignore, add to, or subtract from any of the provisions of this <br /> Agreement. <br /> The expenses and fees of the arbitrator and the cost of <br /> the hearing room shall be borne equally. The decision and <br /> award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the <br /> Employer, the Union, and the employee and/or employees <br /> involved, except for any right of appeal. <br /> If either party desires a verbatim record of the <br /> proceeding, it may cause such a record to be made, providing it <br /> pays for the record and makes a copy available, without charge, <br /> to the arbitrator. If the other party desires a copy, it shall <br /> pay one—half of the transcription fee and the full cost of <br /> duplicating its copy. <br />