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376 shall be the first day of the month following the completion of one year of service at the step from which said employee is being advanced. Such merit advancement shall require the following: 1. There shall be on file in the Office of the Executive Director of Personnel Services a copy of each periodic efficiency or performance report required to be made on the employee by the Civil Service Rules and Regulations and/or the City Manager during the period of service time of such employee subsequent to his or her last salary advancement. 2. The Fire Chief, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the anticipated completion of such employee's required length of service, shall file with the City Manager a statement recommending the granting or denial of the merit increase and supporting such a recommendation with specific reasons therefore. The employee shall be notified by the Fire Chief as to such recommendations and shall be informed of the reasons thereof. 3. No advancement in salary above Step "A" shall become effective until approved by the City Manager, except when placement on a salary step above Step "A" results from promotion under the provisions of Section 8 of this Article. B. When any such employee in the classification Fire Battalion Chief (MM) has not been approved for advancement to the next higher salary step, he or she may be reconsidered for such advancement after the completion of three (3) months of additional service and shall be reconsidered for advancement to the next higher step above his or her then current step after the completion of six (6) months of additional service. Section 7. Promotional Salary Advancement. When an employee in the classification Fire Battalion Chief (MM) is promoted to a position in a higher classification from a position in a lower classification in the same occupational career ladder, he or she shall be reassigned to the beginning step in the appropriate salary rate range for the higher classification; provided, however, that if the base salary currently being paid such employee is already equal to or higher than such beginning step, he or she shall be placed in the lowest step in the appropriate salary rate range as will grant that employee an increase of five percent (5%) over his or her current base salary step exclusive of any pay additive or additives such as shift differential, assignment pay, special skill pay or the like. Section ~. Demotion. When an employee in the classification Fire Battalion Chief (MM) is demoted to a position in a lower classification, his or her salary rate shall be fixed in the low appropriate salary rate range for the lower classification in 2