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14.04 The arbitrator shall confine his or her consideration and determination to the written <br />grievance presented in STEP ONE of the grievance procedure. The arbitrator shall have no <br />authority to change, amend, add to, subtract from, or otherwise alter or supplement this Agreement <br />or any part thereof or amended thereto. The arbitrator shall have no authority to consider or rule <br />upon any matter which is stated in this Agreement not to be subject to arbitration or is not a <br />grievance as defined in this Agreement. <br />14.05 The arbitrator may not issue declaratory opinions and shall confine themselves <br />exclusively to the question which is presented to them, which question must be actual and existing. <br />The decision of the arbitrator shall be binding, subject to any appeal or review rights under <br />applicable Florida law. <br />14.06 No decision of any arbitrator or the County in any one case shall create a basis for <br />retroactive adjustment in any other cases. All claims for back wages shall be limited to the amount <br />of lost wages less any employment compensation and/or interim earnings that he/she may or might <br />have received during the period involved. <br />14.07 It is agreed with respect to this grievance and arbitration procedure that: <br />A. It is the intent of the parties that a grievance must be raised at the earliest possible <br />time. Any grievance, in order to be entertained and processed, must be submitted <br />in a timely manner by the grievant (whether the grievant be the Union or an <br />individual employee). <br />B. Grievances not submitted by the grievant in a timely manner shall be conclusively <br />barred on the merits following the expiration of the prescribed time limit. Such a <br />time-barred grievance need not be entertained or processed, and only facts disputed <br />as to the timing will be subject to any arbitration resulting from the matter. A <br />21 <br />