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21.2.1 Any employee who believes that he/she has a grievance may discuss the grievance with the top management official in the employee's department, or with such subordinate management official as the department head may designate. If the issue is not resolved within the department, the procedures hereinafter specified may be invoked. 21.2.2 The employee may then notify the Human Resources Director and the Association in writing within five (5) working days that a grievance exists. The notification shall state the particulars of the grievance and the remedy which is desired. The Human Resources Director shall investigate the issues involved, meet with the grievant and attempt to reach a satisfactory resolution of the problem. No grievance may be processed under Section 21.2.4 below which has not first been filed and investigated pursuant to this Section 21.2.2. The Human Resources Director shall have twenty (20) working days from the date of notification to issue his decision on the subject grievance. Such notification shall be sent in writing to the grievant and the Association. 21.2.3 Any grievance which has not been resolved by the procedures set forth above may be referred to the City Manager by the grievant or by the Human Resources Director within five (5) working days of receipt of the decision of the Human Resources Director. Any such referral shall be in writing, and shall include the specific issues involved together with a statement of the resolution which is desired. A representative of the City Manager, who shall not be the Human Resources Director, shall investigate the merits of the grievance, meet with the grievant and make recommendations to the City Manager within twenty (20) working days. 21.2.4 Appeal 21.2.4.1 21.2.4.2 Any grievance which is not resolved pursuant to Sections 21.2.1 through 21.2.3 above may be appealed in writing by the Association requesting that an Appeals Board be convened to hear the grievance. The Association shall have five (5) working days after being notified pursuant to Section 21.2.3 to file such an appeal. The Appeals Board shall consist of three individuals who shall be selected as follows: One member selected by the City Manager; one member selected by the Association; one member to be mutually selected. In the event agreement is not reached on selection of the third member of the Appeals Board, the parties shall strike names from a list of five (5) names provided by the State Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Appeals Board shall convene within three (3) months unless the time is mutually extended by both parties. Notice of the Appeals Board's hearing shall be issued in writing to the interested parties at least one week prior to the date the hearing is scheduled, and such notice shall include the date, time and place of the hearing as designated by the Appeals Board. The Appeals Board shall select one of its members to act as chairman. The chairman shall preside over all hearings conducted by the Board, and the Board shall determine its own rules and procedures. The Board shall have the power to examine witnesses under oath which shall be administered by the chairman, and shall hear all testimony, receive documentary evidence, and conduct investigations to the extent it deems necessary, on all issues presented. Strict rules of evidence need not apply. The Board may cause a written transcript of its hearings to be prepared. 29