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shall be final, the interpretation or application of those provisions not being subject to the grievance procedure. 26.2 Grievances shall be processed in the following manner: (1) Within thirty (30) days of the knowledge of an event giving rise to a grievance, an employee or the union may request in writing a meeting to discuss the grievance with the Deputy Fire Chief. The Deputy Fire Chief or his/her designee shall investigate the grievance and the Deputy Fire Chief shall render a decision within fourteen(14) calendar days from the date the grievance was received. (2) Within fourteen (14) calendar days from receipt of the Deputy Fire Chiefs decision in Step 1 above, the employee or official of the Union may notify the Fire Chief in writing that a grievance exists, stating the particulars of the grievance, citing the specific section of this Memorandum of Understanding he/she believes to have been violated, and, if possible, the nature of the determination desired. The Fire Chief shall have fourteen (14) days from receipt of notification in which to investigate the issues meet with the complainant and attempt to reach a satisfactory resolution of the problem. No grievance may be processed under paragraph (3) below, which has not first been filed and investigated in accordance with this paragraph(2). (3) If the parties are unable to reach a mutually satisfactory accord on any grievance which arises and is presented during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding, such grievance shall be submitted to a Review Board comprised of two (2) members of the Union and two (2) Fire Department management representatives appointed by the Fire Department Fire Chief. Notification to the Fire Chief of the need to proceed to this step must occur within 30 days of the Fire Chief's decision in (2) above, or the grievance is considered settled. 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 Joint Executive Directors within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date it completed its review of the grievance, subject to the agreement set forth in Appendix B. (4) The Joint Executive Directors 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. (5) The Union may appeal the decision of the Joint Executive Directors by requesting that the grievance be referred to an impartial arbitrator. The Union's decision to refer the grievance to arbitration shall be made within fourteen (14) days of the notification of the Joint Executive Directors decision. The arbitrator shall be designated by mutual agreement between the Union and the Joint Executive Directors. The fees and expenses of the arbitrator and court reporter shall be shared equally between the Fire Department and the Union. Each party, 29