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<br />shall file with the City Manager a statement recommending the <br />granting or denial of the merit step increase and supporting such a <br />recommendation with specific reasons therefore. The employee shall <br />be notified by the Fire Chief as to such recommendations and shall <br />be informed of the reasons. <br /> <br />c) No advancement in salary shall become effective until approved by <br />the City Manager, except when placement on a salary step above <br />Step "1" results from promotion under the provisions of Section 4.8 <br />of this Article. <br /> <br />d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection to the <br />contrary, a merit step advance shall be automatically granted ninety <br />(90) days after the due date if no performance appraisal is <br />completed. The effective date of such merit step advance shall be <br />retroactive to the first (}Sf) day of the month following the <br />completion of the required length of service. <br /> <br />6) When an employee in a Fire Management Group A classification has not <br />been approved for advancement to the next higher salary step, he or <br />she may be reconsidered for such advancement after the completion of <br />three (3) months of additional continued service in the classification <br />and, if necessary, shall be reconsidered for advancement to the next <br />higher step above his or her then current step after the completion of <br />six (6) months of additional continued service in the classification. <br /> <br />7) An employee in a Fire Management Group A classification who is being <br />paid at any salary step above Step "1" may be reduced to the next <br />lower step in the appropriate salary rate range upon the recommendation <br />of the Fire Chief and the approval of the City Manager. Procedure for <br />such reduction shall follow the same procedure for merit advancement in <br />Subsection 4.7 Paragraph (A) (1) above, and such officer or employee <br />may be considered for readvancement under the same provisions as <br />contained in Subsection 4.7, Paragraph (A) (7) above. <br /> <br />B. Fire Management Group B Classes: The following rc~ulatioAS provisions shall <br />govern salary advancement within rate ranges for employees employed in Fire <br />Management Group B classes (Fire Battalion Chief and Fire Communications <br />Manager): <br /> <br />FMA Contract Extension: 2010-2014 <br /> <br />Page 9 <br />