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4.6 Service. The word "service" as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to mean continuous, <br />full-time service in the classification in which the officer or employee is being considered for <br />salary advancement, service in the higher classification or service in a classification allocated <br />to the same salary rate range and having generally similar duties and requirements. <br />Employees hired after the first (1st) working day of the month shall not be credited with <br />"time-in-service" for that month when determining the length of service required for salary <br />step advancement. A lapse of service by an officer or employee for a period of time longer <br />than thirty (30) calendar days by reason of resignation, quit, or discharge, shall serve to <br />eliminate the accumulated length of service time of such officer or employee for the purpose <br />of this Agreement and any such officer or employee reentering the service of the City shall be <br />considered as a new officer or employee, except that he or she may be reappointed within one <br />(1) year and may be placed in the same salary step in the appropriate salary range as he or she <br />was at the time of termination of employment. <br />4.7 Advancement Within Ranges. The following regulations shall govern salary advancement <br />within rate ranges: <br />A. Length of Service Advancements. After the salary of an officer or employee has been <br />first established and fixed under this plan, such officer or employee shall be advanced <br />from Step "A" to Step "B" or from Step "B" to Step "C" or from Step "C" to Step <br />"D," whichever is the next higher step to that on which the officer or employee has <br />been previously paid, effective the first day of the month following the date of <br />completion of the length of service for such advancement as provided in Exhibit B of <br />this Agreement. <br />B. Merit Advance. An officer or employee shall be considered for advancement from <br />Step "D" to Step "E" upon the completion of the required length of service as <br />provided in Section 4.2 and Exhibit A of this Agreement. The effective date of such <br />merit increase, if granted, shall be on the first day of the month following the <br />completion of such required length of service. Advancement to Step "E" may be <br />granted only for continued meritorious and efficient service and continued <br />improvement by the officer or employee in the effective performance of the duties of <br />his or her position. Such merit advancement shall require the following: <br />1. There shall be on file in the office of the chief personnel officer a copy of <br />each periodic efficiency or performance report required to be made on the <br />officer or employee by the Santa Ana Municipal Code and/or the City <br />Manager during the period of service time of such officer or employee <br />subsequent to this last salary advancement. <br />2. The Police Chief, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the anticipated <br />completion of such officer's or employee's required length of service, shall <br />file with the City Manager a statement recommending the granting or denial <br />for the merit increase and supporting such recommendations with specific <br />reasons therefore. <br />3. No advancement in salary above Step "D" shall become effective until <br />13 <br />