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<br />d) After the close of the hearing, and within thirty (30) days, the arbitrator shall prepare <br />written findings and make a written decision which sI1all be served by mail upon the <br />cities, and shall be binding upon all member cities. <br /> <br />e) Except as provided for herein, all costs of arbitration sIlal1 be borne equally between the <br />member cities. Each member city shall pay its own attOTIley's fees. <br /> <br />11.2 Arbitrator's Authority. <br /> <br />a) The arbitrator shall have no right to amelld, modify, nullify, igIlore, add to, or subtract <br />from the terms and conditions of this Joint Powers Agreement. The arbitrator sllall <br />COllsider and decide only tIle specific issue(s) submitted in writing by the cities, and <br />shall have no autI10rity to lllake a decision 011 allY other issues 110t so submitted. <br /> <br />b) The arbitrator shall be witllout power to make decisions contrary to, or inconsistent <br />with, or modifying or varyillg in allY way, tIle applicable application of laws, lules, or <br />regulations having tIle force and effect of law. <br /> <br />11.3 Judicial Relief. <br /> <br />a) Any city may seek judicial relief, authorized pursuallt to tIle provisions of Minnesota <br />Statutes 572.08-572.30. All costs, except attOTIley fees, sllall be awarded to the <br />prevailillg paliies. <br /> <br />SECTION XII <br />WITHDRAW AL <br /> <br />12.1 Notice. Melnber cities 111ay witIldraw frOln tIlis Agreenlent OIlly ill accordance witIl tIlis <br />sectioll. Notice to witIldraw lllay OIlly be given during the l110lltIl of October, in odd I1Ul1lbered <br />years, beginnillg with October of2003. SUcIll10tice shall provide a l11ini111UI11 of one (1) year's <br />llotice to tIle relllaini11g cities of tIle inteIlt to witIldraw. SUCll witIldrawal would be effective <br />Decelnber 31 st 011 the year followiIlg notice. <br /> <br />12.2 Withdrawal Pavnlent. After a city gives llotice, it sllall have a nlaxiITIU11l of six (6) montlls <br />frOll1 tIle date of notice to pay the followiIlg witIldrawal paytnellt. <br /> <br />1. 50% of estinlated unenlployment cost for the number of officers for that city as <br />calculated by the budget f011nula as outlilled in Section VIII. The nUlllber of officers <br />shall be multiplied tinles tIle weekly maximum ullell1ploynlent alllount times 26 <br />\veeks. <br /> <br />2. 50% of the cost of accrued sick leave alld vacatioll for the nunlber of officers as <br />determined by the budget formula as outlined in Section VIII. Such accrual shall be <br /> <br />- 9 - <br />