Final and Binding Resolution Authority. in any case where Final and Binding Resolution is utilized, the person hearing the grievance shall have no right to amend, modify, nullify, ignore, add to or subtract from, the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The person hearing the grievance shall consider and decide only the specific issue(s) submitted in writing by the City and the Federation, and shall have no authority to make a decision on any other issue not so submitted. The person hearing the grievance shall be without power to make decisions contrary to, or inconsistent with, or modify or vary in any way the application of rules, laws, regulations having the force and effect of law. The expenses of Final and Binding Resolution shall be borne by the two parties, equally; however, each party shall be responsible for compensating its own representatives and witnesses. If either party desires a verbatim record of the proceedings, it may cause such a record to be made, providing it pays for the record. If both parties desire a verbatim record of the proceedings, the cost shall be shared equally.
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