Agmt 1995 Alameda County Fire District ACFD

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s conciliated award. If at least 180 calendar days before the expiration of the then current agreement or conciliated award the parties still cannot agree upon a conciliator, they shall immediately alternately strike names from the list, the choice of the first strike to be determined by lot. The last remaining unstruck name shall be • selected and scheduled as conciliator. • (g) If 90 calendar days before the expiration of the then current agreement or conciliated award no agreement can be reached, or if the Board refuses to ratify the agreement arrived at or modifies such agreement in any manner unacceptable to the employee organization, the parties shall commence mediation. (h) If no agreement between the parties has been reached within 14 calendar days after the start of mediation, the conciliator shall thereupon commence conciliation proceedings to deal with the issues still in dispute. Each party shall put in writing its last best offer on each of the issues still in dispute within 14 calendar days after the start of the conciliation proceedings, and these offers shall immediately be made public. The parties shall submit no more than five disputed issues to the conciliator. Upon mutual agreement of the parties, the number of issues may be changed. In the event the issues submitted by the parties are not identical, each party shall submit its last best final offer on those issues in dispute. The conciliator shall choose one of the parties' last best offer for each issue still in dispute and shall have no power to modify or compromise the last best offers of either party. The conciliator shall hear the evidence presented and consider all factors relevant to the issues from the standpoint of both employer and affected employees, including the interests and welfare of the public and the financial ability of the Board to meet those costs. If one 132 4