Disciplinary Decision. Oral reprimands shall be subject to the grievance procedure set forth in this Agreement but shall not be subject to arbitration. The City Manager shall make any decision to suspend a member for more than three (3) days, reduce a member’s pay or rank or remove a member. The City Manager may delegate to the Chief the authority to impose lesser discipline. A member may appeal a disciplinary decision directly to arbitration procedure set forth in Article 7. Such appeal must be made, with the approval of the Lodge President, within fourteen (14) calendar days of the member’s receipt of the disciplinary decision of the City Manager or the Chief. In order to invoke the arbitration process, the appeal must be delivered by hand or received by the City Manager within this fourteen (14) calendar day period.
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