(a) The Impartial Arbitration Panel shall consist of three members. The Panel members shall be selected as follows: the City and the Union shall each select one arbitrator using the strike-off method provided in subsection (b) hereof.
(b) The City and the Union shall pick their Panel members not less than forty-five days prior to the expiration of the existing contract. To select the Panel members, the parties shall request three lists of seven names of arbitrators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to commence the selection of the Panel members by the strike-off method. The City shall strike off one name and then the Union shall strike off one name. Both the City and the Union may strike not more than three lists per union and each list shall be stricken not more than six days after the receipt of such list. If it becomes impossible to obtain an arbitrator due to duplications of names on the list, the parties so selecting may then request additional lists.
(Ord. 88-172. Passed 5-16-88.)