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arbitration, including the fee and expense of the arbitrator, shall be equally <br />divided between the parties. Any party desiring a transcript of the hearing shall <br />bear the cost of such transcript unless the parties mutually agree to share the <br />cost. Each party shall bear the expense of its own witnesses and of its own <br />representatives for purposes of the arbitration hearing. <br />24.6 The arbitrator will be confined to the written grievance presented in Step 1 of the <br />procedure. Additionally the arbitrator shall have no authority to change, amend, <br />add to, subtract from, or otherwise alter or supplement this agreement. The <br />arbitrator shall have no authority to consider or rule upon any matter which is not <br />subject to arbitration or which is not a grievance as defined in this agreement; <br />nor shall this collective bargaining agreement be construed by the arbitrator to <br />supersede applicable state or federal laws, except to the extent as specifically <br />provided herein. <br />24.7 The arbitrator may not issue declaratory opinions and shall be confined <br />exclusively to the question which is presented, which question must be actual <br />and existing. The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding; provided, <br />however, that either party shall be entitled to seek review of the arbitrator's <br />decision as provided by law. <br />24.8 Nothing in this agreement shall prohibit the presence of a Union representative <br />at any steps of the grievance procedure. <br />35 <br />