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22.4 .Layoff The Appointing Authority may lay off an employee because of material changes'in duties, organization or shortage of work or funds. The employee having the least length of total continuous service with the department in classification in which the Appointing Authority is laying off shall be laid off first. Employees scheduled to be laid off may, however, displace the least senior employee in the next lower paying classi- fication of like work wh6 has less seniority. Employees laid off or who through displacement have changed classification shall have their name placed upon a ~e-employment list in seniority order. The employee with the highest.seniority on a re-employment list for a particular classification when a vacancy exists i~that classification shall be offered the appointment. No name shall be carried on a re-employment list for a period longer than one (1) year from the date of lay off from City service or change of classification' through~isplacement. ~ Sectio~ 23. Discipline The City has the right to discipline, 'dis.charge-employees for cause. demote, or Section 24. Grievances 24.1 A grievance is any dispute which involves the inter- pretation or application of any provision of this Memorandu/n of Understanding excluding, however, those provisions of this Memoranddm of Understanding which specifically provide that the decision of any City official shallbe final, Lthe interpretation or appli- cation of those provisions not being subject to the grievance procedure. 24.2 Grievances shall be processed in the following manner: (1) /Lny employee who believes that he/she has a grievance may discuss his/her complaint with such managementofficialin the department in which he/she works as the Fire Chief may designate. If the issue is notresolve~'within the department, or if the employee elects to submit his/her griev- ance, directly to the Union, the procedures herein- after specified may be invoked. (2) Any employee or any official of.the Union may notify the Personnel Officer in writing that a ~grievance exists, stating the particulars of the grievance and, if possible, the nature of the determination desired. The Personnel Officer shall have fourteen (14) days in-which to investigate the issues, meet with the complainant and attempt to reach a satisfactory resolution of the problem. grievance may be processed under paragraphs (3) and (4) below which has not first been filed and investigated in accordance with this paragraph (2)_