I-1 - Collective Bargaining Agreement - Draft - 7-1-23

a complete detail of the provision of the contract that was violated, the grievant version of what happened and what remedy the grievant is seeking. The grievance must be filed with the City Administrator within ten (10) work days of the date of the alleged contract violation or when a prudent person should have first become aware of a contract violation. The City Administrator shall provide the grievant with a written answer within ten (10) workdays. The City may request an extension to answer which, if reasonable, shall be granted by the Union. B. Step II – In the event the grievance shall not have been settled at Step I, the Grievant may file within ten (10) work days of the grievant receipt of the Supervisor’s written decision at Step I, a copy of the grievance with the City Clerk. Within ten (10) work days after such written grievance is filed, the Grievant with a Union Representative and Steward and the Step II Representative of the City shall meet to attempt to resolve the grievance. The term “Step II Representative of the “City”, shall be the Mayor and two (2) members of the City Council, as designated by the City Council. The term “Step II Representative of the “City” in all other instances, shall be the Tiffin City Council. The Step II Representative of the City shall make a decision on the grievance and communicate in writing to the employee and the AFSCME Representative, Steward or Local president within ten (10) work days of such meeting. The employee shall acknowledge receipt of a copy of the written decision of the Step II Representative of the City on the Grievance Form by the employee’s signature. However, a signature does not necessarily indicate that the employee has accepted the decision, but rather only that he or she has received it. C. Step III – Arbitration – if the grievance is not resolved at Step II, the Union must within thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of the Step II written reply, submit in writing to the City Administrator the Unions request to take the grievance to arbitration. 1. The arbitration hearing shall be conducted by an Arbitrator selected by the Union and the employer. If the parties fail to select an Arbitrator by mutual agreement, the Public Employment Relations Board shall be requested by either party to provide a panel of five (5) Arbitrators. Both the Union and the employer shall have the right to strike two (2) names from the panel. The flip of the coin shall determine the first strike. The other party shall then strike one name and the process will be repeated with the remaining person becoming the Arbitrator. 2. Grievances that are withdrawn by the Union shall not be processed to arbitration by the employer. 3. The decision of the Arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and the Arbitrator shall be requested to issue his/her written decision within thirty (30) days after the submission of the grievances to him/her. 4. The Arbitrator’s fee and expenses shall be borne equally by the employer and the Union. Any other cost or expense or arbitration of a grievance shall be borne by the party incurring the same. 5. The Arbitrator, in his or her option shall not amend, modify, nullify, ignore, or add to the provision of the agreement. His or her authority shall be strictly limited to deciding only the issue or issues presented to him or her in writing by the employer and the Union and the decision must be based solely upon his or her interpretation of the meaning or ORIGINAL 5