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Step 5: If the grievance is not resolved at Step 4, or if no written disposition is made within the Step 4 time limits, he/she shall have the right to appeal the Step 4 decision to the City Manager or his or her designee within seven (7) calendar days of the date of the issuance of the Step 4 decision. Such appeal. must be accompanied by the filing of a copy of the original written grievance, together with a request form signed by the employee requesting that the Step 3 decision be reversed or modified. The City Manager or his / her designee shall conduct a meeting with the grievant and his / her PBA representative, if needed. The City Manager or his/her designee shall, within ten (10) calendar days (or such longer period of time as is mutually agreed upon in writing), render his/her decision in writing to the aggrieved employee. Section 6. A grievance not advanced to the higher step within the time limits provided shall be deemed permanently withdrawn as having been settled on the basis of the decision most recently given. Failure on the part of the City to answer within the time limits set forth in any step will entitle the employee to proceed to the next step. The time periods contained herein may be mutually waived or extended due to unforeseen circumstances. Section 7. Where a grievance is general in nature in that it applies to' a number of employees having the same issue to be decided, it shall be presented directly to the Chief of Police or his/her designee at Step 4 of the grievance procedure, within the time limit provided for the submission of the grievance in Step 1, and signed by the aggrieved employees or the PBA representative on their behalf. -16-1Page