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The City shall deduct, upon receipt of duly executed form, properly signed by a member of the bargaining unit, either dues to the Union or service fees for nonmembers, as appropriate. The Union shall advise the City, in writing, of the dues amount to be deducted for each member. Any change in dues will be submitted to the City, in writing, thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such change. The City shall, as soon as possible, notify the Union Business Manager if any members of the bargaining unit revoke a dues/fees authorization. Whenever a unit member shall be delinquent in the payment of dues or fees, the Union shall give the unit member fifteen (15) days to cure the delinquency; a copy of said notice shall be forwarded to the City's Human Resources Department. In the event the unit member fails to cure said delinquency, the Union shall request, in writing, that the he City initiate termination proceedings. The termination proceedings shall be governed by the applicable laws and are specifically excluded from the grievance procedure. A. Hold Harmless Clause In consideration of the above noted services, the Union agrees to release, indemnify, and discharge the City from any liability or expenses, including, but not limited to , attorney's fees and reasonable costs (i.e., city staff time in preparing and mailing correspondence), whatsoever as a result of any action taken pursuant to the provisions of this Article. B. Employee's Right to Revoke Agency Shop Nothing herein shall be construed to modify employees' rights to revoke the Agency Shop provision of this MOU pursuant to the procedures set forth in Government Code Section 3502.5(b). SECTION 4: Disciplinarv Action Appeals Process Employees who are dissatisfied with management actions have the following forms of recourse: Written reprimands will be removed from the employee's personnel file one (1) year after the date of the written reprimand. Discipline Appeal Procedure (Disciplinarv Suspensions, Demotions And Dismissals) The City shall comply with Administrative Policy No. 4.05.250, thus insuring that employees are afforded "due process." In all matters concerning contract interpretation or administration of the MOU, the Union shall have exclusive authority to determine whether a grievance shall be taken to arbitration. If the Union chooses not to proceed on a disciplinary grievance, the employee may proceed at his/her risk and expense to take the matter to arbitration. Such an appeal to be made in the form of a memorandum or letter to the City Manager from an authorized union representative, within ten (10) business days of receiving the "Order of Disciplinary Action." The disciplinary appeals process is as follows: A. Selection of Arbitrator - If the parties are unable to mutually select an arbitrator, the State Mediation and Conciliation Service shall be requested to submit a list of seven persons qualified to act as arbitrators. Within five (5) days following receipt of the list of arbitrators, the parties shall select an arbitrator. Unless the parties agree to another Page 6 of 42 09/03/08 [BEW MOU Electric 7/O1/2008 — 6/30/2011 Final