Fire Chief Review. The Fire Chief shall assign points based on his/her assessment of each candidate’s qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of Captain. The criteria used in assigning Chief’s points shall be disclosed to all candidates prior to assigning points, shall be job- related and applied uniformly to all candidates. The Fire Chief shall keep and maintain records of all scores for the duration of the Final Promotion List.
Fire Chief Review. The Fire Chief shall issue a written decision on the proposed disciplinary action within nine (9) calendar days of hearing or receiving the employee’s response. Copies of this decision shall be sent to all parties directly involved in the discipline, including the supervisor or manager, the employee, his/her representative, and the Personnel Director.
Fire Chief Review. The Fire Chief shall investigate and consider the grievance and, within seven (7) calendar days after its receipt, shall provide the grievant a written determination of the grievance, including the reasons therefore. If the grievant is dissatisfied with the response of the Fire Chief, or if the Fire Chief fails to timely respond, the grievant may submit the grievance to the City Manager for review. A grievant may by-pass this step if the actions of the Fire Chief are the subject of the grievance.
Fire Chief Review. If the grievance is not resolved at Step 1 - Initial Review, it must be forwarded by the Union within ten (10) working days of the Step 1 decision to the Fire Chief. The Fire Chief shall investigate the facts and conduct a meeting within ten (10) working days with the grievant, Union, Fire Rescue personnel and any other persons possessing knowledge considered critical by the Fire Chief and notify the Union of the Step 2 decision in writing within ten (10) working days following the date of the Step 2 meeting. Step3 - Arbitration Within ten (10) working days after the decision by the Sheriff or designee, either the Sheriff or the Union shall give the other a written notice by electronic mail, registered mail or certified mail of its desire to submit the matter to arbitration, said notice is to include a written statement of the position of the appealing party with respect to the arbitratable issue(s) as well as a designation of the article(s) of the Agreement allegedly violated. An arbitrator shall then be selected from a panel of three arbitrators. The panel of arbitrators shall be established from a panel of at least fifteen (15) arbitrators as forwarded by the AAA (American Arbitration Association) South East Region, unless otherwise agreed upon by Counsel. The panel of three (3) shall be placed in random order. An arbitrator, after selection, shall be placed in the third position on the list and the arbitrator originally listed second will become the next arbitrator assigned. As promptly as possible after the arbitrator has been selected, the arbitrator shall conduct a hearing between the parties and consider the subject matter of the grievance. The decision of the arbitrator will be served upon the Sheriff and the Union in writing. The expenses of the arbitrator shall be shared equally by both parties. Each party shall be exclusively responsible for compensating its own representative(s) and witnesses. If a court reporter or verbatim record of the proceeding is desired, the expenses of the reporter and the cost of the transcript shall be paid by the party requesting such. All arbitration hearings shall be held at a location mutually agreed to by the parties.
