SANTA ANA POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (PMA) (2015-2017)

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demotion between and among any City departments. 4.7 Advancement Within Ranges. The following regulations shall govern salary advancement within rate ranges: A, For any employee covered by this MOU who has been initially appointed to a step lower than Step "D," advancement to the next higher step (Step "A" from Step "AA," Step "B" from Step "A," Step "C" from Step "B," or Step "D" from Step "C," respectively) shall be granted for continued satisfactory and efficient service by said employee in the effective performance of the duties of his or her position. The effective date of an increase from Step "AA" to Step "A," if granted shall be the first (15) day of the month following the completion of six (6) months of service at Step "AA." The effective date of such step increase from Step "A," Step "B," and Step "C," if granted, shall be the first (ls) day of the month following the completion of one (1) year of service at the step to which said employee is being advanced, Such merit advancement shall require the following: 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 Police 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 step increase and supporting such a recommendation with specific reasons therefore. The employee shall be notified of the reasons therefore. 3. No advancement in salary above the lowest step in the salary rate range of the designated classification shall become effective until approved by the City Manager, except when placement on a salary step above the lowest step in the applicable salary rate range results from promotion under the provisions of Section 4,9 of this Article. B. When any such employee has not been approved for advancement to the next higher salary step, he or she may be reconsidered for advancement to the next higher step above his or her then current step after the completion of three (3) months of additional service and shall be reconsidered for such advancement after the completion of six (6) months of additional service.