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2022-2025 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full-Time Employees Unit Page 15 <br />Effective the first full pay period following City Council approval of this 2022- <br />2025 MOU, the effective date of such merit step increase, if granted, shall be the <br />first (1st) day of the pay period following completion of one (1) year of service at <br />the step from which said employee is being advanced. <br />Such merit advancement shall require the following: <br />1. There shall be on file in the Human Resources Department, a copy of each <br />performance appraisal report required to be made on the employee by the Civil <br />Service Rules and Regulations and/or the City Manager during the period of <br />service time of such employee subsequent to their last salary advancement. <br />2. The Department Head, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the anticipated <br />completion of such employee’s required length of service, shall file with the <br />City Manager or designee a statement recommending the granting or denial of <br />the merit increase and supporting such a recommendation with specific reasons <br />therefore. The employee shall be notified by the Department Head as to such <br />recommendations and of the reasons therefore. <br />3. No advancement in salary above Step “D” shall become effective until <br />approved by the City Manager or designee, except when placement on a salary <br />step above Step “D” results from promotion under the provisions of Section <br />4.10 of this Article. <br />4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection to the contrary, a <br />merit step advance shall be automatically granted ninety (90) days after the due <br />date if no performance appraisal is completed. The effective date of such merit <br />step advance shall be retroactive to the first (1st) day of the month following the <br />completion of the required length of service. <br />Effective the first full pay period following City Council approval of this 2022- <br />2025 MOU, the effective date of such automatic merit step advancement <br />referenced in this provision shall be retroactive to the first full pay period <br />following the completion of the required length of service. <br />C. Length of Service Required When Advancement Denied <br />When an employee has not been approved for advancement to merit Step “E,” they <br />may be reconsidered for such advancement after the completion of three (3) months <br />of additional service and shall be reconsidered for such advancement after the <br />completion of six (6) months of additional service. This reconsideration shall <br />follow the same steps and shall be subject to the same actions as provided in <br />subparagraph B(2) and (3) of this section.