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4.9 Promotional Salary Advancement. When an officer or employee is promoted to a <br />position in a higher classification from a position in a lower classification in the same <br />occupational career ladder, he or she shall be reassigned to Step "A" in the appropriate <br />salary rate range for the higher classification; provided however, that if the base salary <br />step currently being paid such officer or employee is already equal to or higher than said <br />Step "A," he or she will be placed in the lowest step in the appropriate salary rate range as <br />will grant that officer or employee an increase of at least one (1) salary step over his or <br />her current base salary step including any additive or additives such as career <br />development or educational incentive pay, but excluding shift differential, assignment <br />pay and bilingual pay. <br />4.10 Demotion. When an officer or employee is demoted to a position in a lower <br />classification, his or her salary rate shall be fixed in the appropriate salary rate range for <br />the lower classification in accordance with the following provisions: <br />A. The salary rate shall be reduced by at least one (1) step. <br />B. The new salary rate must be within the appropriate salary rate range. <br />C. The new salary rate shall not be higher than the salary step to which the officer or <br />employee would have been entitled had his or her service time in the higher <br />classification been spent in the lower classification. <br />D. If the salary rate recommended by the Police Chief is lower than the maximum <br />step permissible under Subsection C above, such recommendation shall be <br />considered a reduction in pay in addition to the demotion and shall be handled in <br />accordance with the provisions for salary reductions (Section 4.8, above). <br />4.11 Reallocation of Salary Rate Ranges. Any officer or employee who is employed in a <br />classification which is reallocated to a different salary rate range from that previously <br />assigned shall be retained in the same salary step in the new salary rate range as he or she <br />had previously held in the prior rate range and shall retain credit for length of service in <br />such step towards advancement to the next higher step. <br />4.12 Deferred Compensation. If, during the term of this Agreement, the City agrees to match <br />employee Deferred Compensation contributions for members of any other bargaining <br />unit, then employees covered by this Agreement shall receive the same benefit. <br />4.13 Joint Labor Management Study — Salary Schedule. The parties agree that at any time <br />during the term of this MOU either the City or the Association may ask the other party to <br />meet and negotiate over the implementation of a new salary schedule. <br />13 <br />