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425 RESOLUTION 96-95 Page 5 next lower step in the appropriate Salary Rate Range upon the recommendation of the Department Head and the approval of the City Manager. Procedure for such reduction shall follow the same procedure for merit advancement in subsection 5.3 Paragraph (A) above, and such officer or employee may be considered for readvancement under the same provisions as contained in Subsection 5.3, Paragraph (B) above. 5.4 Rates of Pay for TemPorary and Part-Time Work. Ail officers and employees working in classes of employment included in this Resolution shall be compensated at a monthly rate, except that an employee hired for temporary work in a position which has an anticipated duration of less than six (6) months, and employees employed on a part-time basis, forty (40) hours or less per semi- monthly pay period, shall be paid at a rate per hour for actual time spent in the duties of his or her employment. Any hourly rate of pay, defined as the regular hourly rate of pay, shall be computed by dividing the monthly salary rate by 173.33. In determining the hourly rate as herein provided, computation shall be made to the nearest whole cent and a computation resulting in exactly one-half cent shall fix the rate at the next higher whole cent. Notwithstanding the above, the regular hourly rate for uniformed, safety-member fire suppression personnel assigned to the twenty-four (24) hour work shift schedule shall be computed by dividing the employee's regular monthly base rate of pay by two hundred forty-three (243). 5.5 Service. The word "service" as used in this Resolution shall be deemed to mean continuous, full-time service in the classification in which the officer or employee is being considered for salary advancement, service in the higher classification or service in a classification allocated to the same salary rate range and having generally similar duties and requirements. Employees hired after the first (lst) 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 advanoement. A lapse of service by an officer or employee for a period of time longer than ten (10) 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 Resolution 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 as provided in SAMC 9-114 and may be placed in the same salary step in the appropriate salary rate range as he or she was at the time of termination of employment.