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ARTICLE 13 MINOR SUSPENSIONS Section 1. Use of Leave In Lieu of Minor Suspension Without Pay. Within five (5) days of receipt of the statement of suspension without pay of five (5) days or less, the Officer may forfeit vacation or holiday time equal to the length of the suspension, to serve the suspension with no break in service for purposes of seniority or promotion. The forfeited vacation or holiday time will not constitute hours worked. In the event an Officer has received a disciplinary suspension within the preceding twenty four (24) month period, the Officer may only forfeit vacation or holiday time with the Department Head's permission. The Officer must agree that there is neither right to appeal the suspension nor right of review before any administrative body or judicial body if this method of suspension is chosen and the Officer must sign a waiver of appeal and agree to the suspension. Section 2. Appeals of Suspensions of Three (3) Days or less. Officers who receive a suspension with out pay for less three (3) days or less may only appeal their suspension, unless waived in accordance to Section A above, to the Fire Fighters and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission and the provisions of TLGC section 143.057 shall not apply to such suspensions. ARTICLE 14 CONTRACT INTERPRETATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE Section 1. Scope of Procedure. The City and Association recognize that from time to time disagreements between the Parties may arise as to the application or interpretation of this Agreement. The Parties therefore agree that the purpose of this dispute resolution procedure is to provide a just and equitable exclusive method for resolving disagreements between the Parties regarding the application or interpretation of the provisions of this Agreement. Matters involving the interpretation, application, or alleged violations of a specified provision of this Meet and Confer Agreement shall be subject to this dispute resolution procedure. Any matters for which the right of appeal is afforded by Subchapter D of Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government Code are excepted from the scope of this Article. Section 2. Application of Procedure. If either the City or the Association has a dispute with the other Party regarding this Agreement that Party should reduce the dispute to writing and deliver it to the other's designated representative, who for the Association shall be its President and for the City shall be its Department Head or designee. An Officer may not file a request for contract dispute resolution directly with the City; all resolution requests must be approved and come from the Association Grievance Committee, and must also be signed by the Association President. 12