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._Iit. '-...I TUESDAY JANUARY 9, 1979 9-7.5 Fifth Step - If the reply from the fourth step meeting is not acceptable to the grievant, he/she may submit the grievance to a fifth step panel hearing. The request for a fifth step panel hearing shall be indicated by the employee on the appropriate form and submitted to the City Manager within ten (10) working days of the fourth step reply. The panel shall be selected in the following manner: An ad hoc panel of three (3) shall be chosen to hear the grievance at the Fifth Step, the members of which panel shall be selected from the City's administrative staff, its operational staff, and nonmanagement employees. No person involved in any earlier phase of the particular grievance may serve on the panel. The City Manager shall request a noninvolved and dis- interested Department Head to supply within five (5) working days to the City Manager and grievant the names of ten (10) prospective panel members to hear the grievance. The makeup of the prospective panel list shall include employees from each of the organizational categories as listed above. The panel shall be composed of three (3) members and shall be chosen in the following manner: one (1) member shall be selected by the City Manager, and one (1) member by the grievant. The members chosen in this manner shall choose the third panel member from the prospective list. Panels chosen in compliance with these requirements shall be deemed to be impartial. In the event that agreement cannot be reached as to the final panel member, the Circuit Court Judge shall select such third panel member. The full panel shall then select its panel chairman, set the time for the hearing and notify both parties. The hearing shall be held no later than ten (10) working days after the date on which the last panel member has been selected. The grievant may have present at this meeting representatives of his/her choice. Copies of the grievance form shall be sent by the City Manager to the panel members. The majority decision of the panel shall be final and binding in all its determinations. The panel has the responsibility to interpret the application of City policies and procedures in the case. It does not have the prerogative to formulate or to change policies or procedures.