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of Understanding, the employee shall, within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the decision of the Deputy City Manager/Director of Human Resources, submit such grievance to the City Manager for consideration by a Review Board. The Review Board shall be comprised of two (2) members of the Association and two (2) City management representatives appointed by the City Manager. The Review Board shall be convened within twenty -one (21) calendar days from the day the grievance was submitted to said Board. The Board shall render its findings and recommendations in writing to the City Manager within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date it completed its review of the grievance. (5) The City Manager shall within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of the Review Board's written findings and recommendations review the findings and recommendations and render a written decision on the grievance. (6) The Association may appeal the decision of the City Manager by requesting that the grievance be referred to an impartial arbitrator. The Association's decision to refer the grievance to arbitration shall be made within fourteen (14) days of the notification of the City Manager's decision. The arbitrator shall be designated by mutual agreement between the Association and the City Manager. The fees and expenses of the arbitrator and court reporter shall be shared equally between the City and the Association Each party, however, shall bear the cost of its own presentation, including preparation and post hearing briefs, if any. 7) Decisions of the arbitrators on matters properly before them shall be final and binding on the parties hereto, to the extent permitted by the Ordinance Code and Resolutions of the City. 27.3 The time limits previously set forth shall be considered maximums and every effort shall be made to expedite the process. The limits specified may, however, be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. 27.4 No Review Board and no arbitrator shall entertain, or hear, any dispute unless such dispute involves a position in the unit represented by the Association and unless such dispute falls within the definition of a grievance as set forth in Subsection 27.1. 27.5 Proposals to add to or change this Memorandum of Understanding or written agreements or addenda supplementary hereto, shall not be arbitrable and no proposal to modify, amend or terminate this Memorandum of Understanding, nor any matter or subject arising out of or in connection with such proposal, may be referred to arbitration under this Section. Neither any Review Board nor any arbitrator shall have the power to amend or modify this Memorandum of -35 -