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6.B. - Page 39 of 366 00059814-1 TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN REDWOOD CITY AND REDWOOD CITY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION RE: 2018 SUCCESSOR MOU The Personnel Officer shall have twenty (20) working days from the date of notification to issue his or her 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 Personnel Officer within five (5) working days of receipt of the decision of the Personnel Officer. 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 Personnel Officer, shall investigate the merits of the grievance, meet with the grievant and make recommendations to the City Manager within twenty (20) working days. The City Manager shall have fifteen (15) workinq days from the receipt of his or her representative's recommendations to issue his or her decision on the subject grievance. Such notification shall be sent in writing to the grievant and the Association. 21.2.4 Appeal to Appeals Board 21.2.4.1 Any grievance which is not resolved pursuant to Articles 21.2.1 through 2123 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 Article 21.2.3 to file such an appeal. The Appeals Board shall consist of threes 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, 21.2.4.2 The Appeals Board shall select one of its members to act as chair e� rson. The chair ep rsonr 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 chair er�sonng4ae, 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. 21.2.4.3 Upon conclusion of its hearing and investigation the Appeals Board shall certify its findings and recommendations in writing to the Association and to the City Manager within fifteen (15) working days. Within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of the findings and recommendations of the Appeals Board, the City Manager shall advise the interested parties in writing of his or her decision. The 34