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allocated to the same salary rate range and having generally similar duties and requirements. Employees hired after the first (1 st) working day of the month shall not be credited with "time -in-service" for that month when determining the length of service required for salary step advancement. A lapse of service by an officer or employee for a period of time longer than thirty (30) calendar days by reason of resignation, quit, or discharge, shall serve to eliminate the accumulated length of service time of such officer or employee for the purpose of this MOU and any such officer or employee reentering the service of the City shall be considered as a new officer or employee, except that he or she may be reappointed within one (1) year and may be placed in the same salary step in the appropriate salary range as he or she was at the time of termination of employment. 4.8 Advancement Within Ranges. The following regulations shall govern salary advancement within rate ranges: A. Length of Service Advancements. After the salary of an officer or employee has been first established and fixed under this plan, such officer or employee shall be advanced from Step "A" to Step "B" or from Step "B" to Step "C" or from Step "C" to Step "D," whichever is the next higher step to that on which the officer or employee has been previously paid, effective the first day of the month following the date of completion of the length of service for such advancement as provided in Section 4.2 of this MOU. B. Merit Advance. An officer or employee shall be considered for advancement from Step "D" to Step "E" upon the completion of 12 months' the required length service as provided in Section 4.2 of this MOU. The effective date of such merit increase, if granted, shall be on the fust day of the month following the completion of 12 months' service. Advancement to Step "E" may be granted only for continued meritorious and efficient service and continued improvement by the officer or employee in the effective performance of the duties of his or her position. Such merit advancement shall require the following: 1. There shall be on file in the office of the chief personnel officer a copy of each periodic efficiency or performance report required to be made on the officer or employee by the Santa Ana Municipal Code and/or the City Manager during the period of service time of such officer or employee subsequent to this last salary advancement. 2. The Police Chief, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the anticipated completion of such officer's or employee's required length of service, shall file with the City Manager a statement recommending the granting or denial for the merit increase and supporting such recommendations with specific reasons therefore. 3. No advancement in salary above Step "D" shall become effective until approved by the City Manager, except when placement on a salary step above Step "D" results from promotion under the provisions of Section 4.10 of this Article. 10 65D-18