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Step 4. Unresolved grievances are subject to the arbitration provisions of <br /> Minnesota Statutes, Section 179.70. The arbitrator shall not have the right to <br /> amend, modify, nullify, ignore, add to, or subtract from the provisions of this <br /> AGREEMENT. He shall consider and decide only the specific issue submitted to <br /> him in writing by the EMPLOYER and the UNION and shall have no authority to <br /> make decision on any other issue not so submitted to him. The arbitrator shall be <br /> without power to make decisions contrary to or inconsistent with or modifying or <br /> varying in any way the application for laws, rules or regulations having the force <br /> and effect of the law. The arbitrator shall submit his decision in writing within thirty <br /> (30) days following the close of the hearing or the submission of briefs by the <br /> parties, whichever is later unless the parties agree to an extension. The decision <br /> shall be based solely upon the arbitrator's interpretation or application of the <br /> express terms of this AGREEMENT on the facts of the grievance presented. <br /> All documents, communications and records dealing with a grievance shall be filed <br /> separately from the personnel files of the involved employee(s). <br /> The time limits established in this Article may be extended or modified by mutual <br /> consent of the EMPLOYER and the UNION and shall be in writing. <br /> Employees shall be allowed reasonable time to process grievances during working <br /> hours without loss of pay. <br /> • <br /> ARTICLE XXVI RIGHT OF SUB-CONTRACT <br /> Nothing in this AGREEMENT shall prohibit or restrict the right of the EMPLOYER from sub- <br /> contracting work performed by employees covered by this AGREEMENT. <br /> ARTICLE XXVII CLOTHING ALLOWANCE <br /> The EMPLOYER shall supply at no cost to the employees, all required uniform items and <br /> reasonable replacements. <br /> A Patrol Officer assigned to the duty of investigation will receive a clothing allowance of up to <br /> Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). The employee will receive reimbursement for such <br /> expenditures after a receipt of purchase is furnished to the City Finance Department. <br /> ARTICLE XXVIII EMPLOYER AUTHORITY <br /> The UNION recognizes the prerogative of the EMPLOYER to operate and manage its affairs <br /> in all respects in accordance with existing and future laws and regulations of appropriate <br />