2007-61 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS - POLICE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION LABOR COMMITTEE

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business days with his decision. A "business day" for the purposes of t� is article shall be any day on which the City's administrative offices are open and conducting bus'ness. Section 5. If the union is not satisfied with the Lieuten nt's response the written grievance may be referred to a Deputy Chief within five (5) business ays after the Lieutenant's decision. The Deputy Chief shall meet with one representative of he union within five (5) business days after receiving the grievance. The Deputy Chief shall respond in writing within five (5) business days with his decision. Section 6. If the union is not satisfied with the Deputy C ief s response, the written grievance may be referred to the Police Chief within five (5) busin ss days after the Deputy Chief s decision. The Police Chief shall meet with two representativ s within five (5) business days after receiving the grievance. The Police Chief shall respond n writing within five (5) business days with a decision. Section 7. If the union is not satisfied with the Police C iefs response the written grievance may be referred to the City Manager within five (5) busi ess days after the Police Chiefs decision. The City Manager shall meet with two represent tives within fifteen (15) business days after receiving the grievance. The City Manager shall respond in writing within five (5) business days with his decision. Section 8. If the union is not satisfied with the City Mana er's response, the written grievance may be referred to arbitration by so notifying the City M nager's Office in writing within ten (10) days after the City Manager's decision. The City and he Union shall attempt to agree upon an arbitrator, but if they are unable to do so within ten (10) business days of the written notice to arbitrate, the parties shall jointly request the Federal ediation and Conciliation Service to submit a panel of five (5) arbitrators from the American Ar itration Association. Both the City and the Union shall have the right to strike two names fro the panel with the party striking first to be determined by a coin toss. The remaining person hall be the arbitrator who shall be notified of his selection by a joint letter from both parties, req 'esting that a date and time for the hearing be established subject to the reasonable availability o the parties. All hearings shall take place in the City of Decatur, Illinois, unless otherw-ise mutua ly agreed. Section 9. The arbitrator shall have no authority to amen , modify, nullify, ignore, add to or subtract from the provisions of this agreement. He shall nly consider and make a decision with respect to the specific issue submitted to him in w iting, and shall have no authority to make a decision as to any other issue not so submitted to im or as to any issue not expressly covered by the terms of this agreement. In the event that the arbitrator finds a violation of the terms of this agreement, he shall fashion an appropriate remedy within the limits provided herein. The arbitrator shall have no power to make a decision that is ontrary to the laws of the State of Illinois or the United States. The arbitrator shall submit his wri ten decision to the parties within thirty (30) business days of the close of the hearings or he submission of briefs, whichever is later, unless the parties agree to an extension. A decisio rendered consistent with the terms hereof shall be f nal and binding and may be enforced at the instance of either party in the Circuit Court of Macon County. The pendency of any proceedin s in the Circuit Court for 28