If, upon the completion of an investigation of a complaint made pursuant to the terms of this chapter, the city attorney finds that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the city attorney shall notify the complainant and the defendant of their right to engage in a mediation and attempt to resolve the dispute prior to the filing of a criminal complaint. The mediator shall be appointed by the city attorney. The city attorney shall not otherwise participate in the mediation. The initial two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) of mediation fees shall be paid by the city of Pocatello, and the second two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) of mediation fees shall be paid by the defendant. In the event additional mediation fees are incurred in the dispute, the defendant and the complainant shall each pay one-half (1/2) of said fees, in a total amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) each. In the event the parties do not successfully mediate the dispute after the total expenditure of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in mediation fees, the mediation will be deemed to have failed. If the parties successfully mediate the dispute, then no charges will be brought by the city attorney stemming from the common core of aggregate facts presented by the complainant. (Ord. 2921, 2013)