If any employee of the police department has a grievance, that person shall submit his/her complaint in writing to the chief of police. The chief, within three days of receiving this statement, will schedule a meeting to discuss the problem with the employee. The meeting will be scheduled within seven days of the receipt of the statement and a written notice will be given to the employee notifying the employee of the time and place. If the problem is not remedied to the employee’s satisfaction he may appeal to the mayor by submitting a statement of grievance to that office. The mayor will respond within seven days. He will then set up a meeting with the employee within fifteen days serving the employee with a written notice of the date and place of the meeting. The mayor (at his option) may include at this meeting one or more council persons. After the grievance has been aired the mayor shall discuss the complaint with the city council providing a copy of the employee’s statement(s) to the council. If with the council’s concurrence the grievance is not remedied to the satisfaction of the employee, the mayor shall cause a notice to be given the employee of that fact. The employee then can accept the findings or seek redress outside of the municipal system. If the employee seeks redress for complaints by going outside or beyond the city grievance procedure, it shall be at the employee’s expense. (Ord. 1341, §5, 1980).