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ARTICLE 14 ARBITRATION 14.01 If the grievance is not resolved at STEP THREE of the Grievance Procedure set forth in Article 13.03, the Union, on its own behalf or on behalf of the individual employee may request arbitration by electronic mail, hand delivery, or by certified or registered mail of a written notice to the County Administrator within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of the County Administrator's decision. Said written notice of arbitration shall include a written statement of the position of the Union with respect to the issues upon which arbitration is sought. 14.02 Within ten (10) calendar days from the delivery of such notice of arbitration, the party requesting arbitration shall request a list of seven (7) qualified arbitrators who have a residence within the State of Florida from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The party requesting arbitration will strike an initial name from the list of arbitrators, with the parties thereafter alternately eliminating, one at a time, from said list of names, persons not acceptable, until only one (1) remains, and this person will be the arbitrator. 14.03 As promptly as possible after the arbitrator has been selected, he or she shall conduct a hearing between the parties and consider the grievance. The decision of the arbitrator will be served upon the individual employee or employees involved, the County and the Union, in writing. It shall be the obligation of the arbitrator to make their best effort to rule within thirty (30) calendar days after the hearing. The expenses of the arbitration, including the fee and expenses of the arbitrator, shall be split equally by the parties. Any party desiring a transcript of the hearing shall bear the cost of such transcript unless both parties mutually agree to share the cost. Each party shall bear the expense of its own witnesses and of its own representatives, including attorneys, for purposes of the arbitration hearing. 20