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18. DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS: In the event of any dispute relating to this <br />Agreement, any Party to the Agreement may initiate the Dispute Resolution Process after the <br />Parties have attempted to resolve the disagreement informally. <br />To initiate the Dispute Resolution Process, a requesting Party shall provide written notice <br />to the other Parry that describes the issue(s) in dispute. Upon receiving the notice of dispute, the <br />Parties shall meet within thirty (30) calendar days to confer and seek to resolve the dispute <br />("Conference"). The Conference shall be attended by the following parties: (a) the County shall <br />send a member of the Board of County Commissioners, and department director(s), and County <br />employee(s) and contractor(s) with information relating to the dispute, and (b) the Association <br />shall send an Association's representative and any Association's consultant, employee(s) and <br />volunteer(s) with technical information or expertise related to the dispute. The Parties shall, in <br />good faith, endeavor to resolve their dispute through the Conference. Additional meetings may <br />be scheduled during the period of the Conference as needed. The Parties, by mutual Agreement, <br />may employ any other alternative dispute resolution procedures they deem useful under the <br />circumstances. If the Parties are successful in resolving the disputed issue(s), the Parties shall <br />jointly prepare a written statement listing the disputed issue(s) and the agreed resolution(s). <br />If the Parties fail to resolve the dispute within thirty (30) days of the initial Conference, <br />or the dispute is not resolved within the timeframe established by mutual Agreement of the <br />Parties, the Dispute Resolution Process shall then be deemed complete, and any parry may seek <br />to enter Binding Arbitration by providing written notice to the other Party. Such written notice <br />shall include the remaining issues in dispute. <br />19. BINDING ARBITRATION: If a dispute relating to this Agreement is not able to <br />be resolved by the Parties to this Agreement through the Dispute Resolution Process described in <br />Section 18 of this Agreement, the Parties agree to pursue binding arbitration to resolve all <br />remaining disputes. <br />Each Party shall select an arbitrator within thirty (30) days of the notice to arbitrate the <br />resolution of the controversy between the parties, and the selected arbitrators shall jointly select a <br />third arbitrator who shall participate in the arbitration. <br />The three arbitrators as provided for above shall hold an arbitration hearing within sixty <br />(60) days of the selection of the third arbitrator and the three arbitrators shall allow each Parry to <br />present their case, evidence, and witnesses, if any, in the presence of the other Party and shall <br />render their decision. All costs of the arbitration shall be shared equally by the Parties to this <br />Agreement. The decision of the majority of the arbitrators shall be binding on the Parties to this <br />Agreement and judgment may be entered on such decision in any court having jurisdiction and <br />be enforced therein. <br />The Parties hereto agree that the arbitration decision shall be binding and final and may <br />not be appealed or otherwise brought before the courts for any reason other than enforcement of <br />said arbitration award and decree. <br />Ellensburg Rodeo Association Contract January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2034 <br />