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consultation with affected employee organizations. <br /> <br />Section 18: Initiation of Impasse Procedures <br /> <br />If the meet and confer process has reached impasse as defined in this Resolution, either party <br />may initiate the impasse procedures by filing with the other party a written request for an <br />impasse meeting, together with a statement of its position on ail disputed issues. An impasse <br />meeting shail then be scheduled promptly by the Employee Relations Officer. The purpose <br />of such impasse meeting shail be: <br /> <br />To identify and specify in writing the issue or issues that remain in dispute; <br /> <br />To review the position of the parties in a finai effort to resolve such disputed issue or issues; <br />and <br /> <br />If the dispute is not resolved, to discuss arrangement for the utilization of the impasse <br />procedures provided herein. <br /> <br />Section 19: Impasse Procedures <br /> <br />Impasse procedures are as follows: <br /> <br />If the parties so agree, the issue or issues at impasse shail be submitted directly to <br />the City Council for determination. <br /> <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 /> <br />All mediation proceeding shail be private and the mediator shall make no public <br />recommendation, nor take any public position at any time concerning the issues. <br /> <br />If the parties are unable to agree on a mediator after a reasonable period of time, they shail <br />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 /> <br />Upon receipt of such list, the parties shall alternately strike names from the list until a single <br />name remains who shail become the mediator. The priority of striking names shall aitemate <br />from one party to the other each time impasse procedures are invoked by the same parties. <br />The employee organization or the City shall commence this process in an order determined <br />by lot striking the first name from such list of names in any initial mediation. <br /> <br />The cost of the mediator, if any, shall be shared equally by both parties. <br /> <br />101 <br /> <br /> <br />