(a) Each arbitration panel shall be conducted by a panel of three (3) arbitrators. One arbitrator shall be appointed by the grantee, one arbitrator shall be appointed by the County, and the third arbitrator shall be the chairperson of the panel and shall be appointed by the other two (2) arbitrators. If the other two (2) arbitrators are unable to agree upon an appointment, the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the presiding judge of the Superior Court of the County. Each member of the arbitration panel shall be an attorney licensed to practice within the courts of the State. No member of the panel shall be an officer, employee, or attorney of any grantee, or any affiliate thereof, or of the County.
(b) The grantee and the Board shall each appoint its arbitrator and mail notice to the other of its selection not later than fifteen (15) calendar days following the filing of a notice of appeal to arbitration or the mailing of the initiation of arbitration. The third arbitrator shall be appointed no later than thirty (30) calendar days following the filing of the notice of the appeal to arbitration or the mailing of the initiation of arbitration. (§ 1, Ord. 961, eff. October 27, 1983)