| If the controversy is not resolved by the parties themselves, the |
arbitrators shall proceed as follows: With Except for municipal |
| and county employees, professional firefighters and law |
| enforcement personnel of police departments and sheriff's |
| departments, with respect to a controversy over salaries, |
pensions and insurance, the arbitrators will shall recommend |
terms of settlement and may make findings of fact; such the |
recommendations and findings will be are advisory only and will |
| must be made, if reasonably possible, within 30 days after the |
| selection of the neutral arbitrator; the arbitrators may in their |
discretion, make such the recommendations and findings public, |
and either party may make such the recommendations and findings |
public if agreement is not reached with respect to such the |
| findings and recommendations within 10 days after their receipt |
| from the arbitrators; with respect to a controversy over subjects |
| other than salaries, pensions and insurance, and with respect to |
| all matters concerning municipal and county employees, |
| professional firefighters and law enforcement personnel of police |
| departments and sheriff's departments, the arbitrators shall make |
determinations with respect thereto to a controversy if |
| reasonably possible within 30 days after the selection of the |
neutral arbitrator; such these determinations may be made public |
| by the arbitrators or either party; and if made by a majority of |
the arbitrators, such the determinations will be are binding on |
both parties and the parties will shall enter an agreement or |
take whatever other action that may be appropriate to carry out |
and effectuate such the binding determinations; and such the |
determinations will be are subject to review by the Superior |
| Court in the manner specified by section 972. The results of all |
| arbitration proceedings, recommendations and awards conducted |
under this section shall must be filed with the Maine Labor |
| Relations Board at the offices of its executive director |
| simultaneously with the submission of the recommendations and |
| award to the parties. In the event the parties settle their |
| dispute during the arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator or the |
chairman chair of the arbitration panel will shall submit a |
report of his the panel's activities to the Executive Director of |
| the Maine Labor Relations Board not more than 5 days after the |
| arbitration proceeding has terminated. |