Section 1174. Compensation

a.  Board  of collective bargaining; board of
  certification; director. The city members and the labor members  of  the
  board  of collective bargaining and their alternates shall serve without
  compensation. The director shall be salaried for his or her services  as
  director,  chair of the board of collective bargaining, and chair of the
  board of certification. The impartial members, excluding  the  director,
  shall  be  paid  a per diem fee to be determined by the city members and
  labor members of the board of collective bargaining.  The  director  and
  all  members  of both such boards and their alternates shall be entitled
  to  receive  reimbursement  for  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses
  incurred  in  the  performance  of  their  duties. Fifty per cent of the
  salary, fees, and expenses provided for in  this  subdivision  shall  be
  paid  by  the  members of the Municipal Labor Committee, under rules and
  regulations issued by the board of collective  bargaining,  which  rules
  may provide how such costs shall be distributed among such members.
    b.  Members  of  mediation and impasse panels; arbitrators. Members of
  mediation and impasse panels, and arbitrators, shall be paid a per  diem
  fee  to  be determined by the board of collective bargaining, unless the
  parties to the particular dispute shall have agreed to a different  fee,
  and shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred
  in  the  performance  of  their  duties.  The public employer and public
  employee organization which are parties to the particular negotiation or
  grievance shall each pay fifty percent of such  fees  and  expenses  and
  related  expenses  incidental to the handling of deadlocked negotiations
  and unresolved grievances.
    c. Appointment of counsel and attorneys. The director  may  appoint  a
  counsel   and   attorneys,  who,  at  the  direction  of  the  board  of
  certification or the board of collective bargaining may appear  for  and
  represent the office of collective bargaining or either of the aforesaid
  boards in any legal proceeding.