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position in an unrelated classification outside the career ladder. <br />4.8 Advancement Within Ranges. <br />A. Length of Service Advancements. After the salary of an employee has been first <br />established and fixed under this plan, such employee shall be advanced from Step <br />"AA" to Step "A," from Step "A" to Step `B," from Step `B" to Step "C," or <br />from Step "C" to Step "D," whichever is the next higher step to that on which the <br />employee has been previously paid, effective the first day of the month following <br />the date of completion of the length of service required for such advancement as <br />provided in Section 4.2 and Exhibit A hereof. <br />B. Merit Advances. An employee shall be considered for advancement from Step <br />"D" to Step `B" upon the completion of the required length of service as provided <br />in Section 4.2 and Exhibit A hereof; the effective date of such merit increase, if <br />granted, shall be on the first (1st) day of the month following the completion of <br />such required length of service. Advancement to Step "E" may be granted only <br />for continued meritorious and efficient service and continued improvement by the <br />employee in the effective performance of the duties of his or her position. Such <br />merit advancement shall require the following: <br />1. There shall be on file in the office of the Executive Director of Personnel <br />Services a copy of each periodic performance appraisal report required to <br />be made on the employee by the Civil Service Rules and Regulations <br />and /or the City Manager during the period of service time of such <br />employee subsequent to his or her last salary advancement. <br />2. The Executive Director, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the <br />anticipated completion of such employee's required length of service, <br />shall file with the City Manager a statement recommending the granting or <br />denial of the merit increase and supporting such a recommendation with <br />specific reasons therefore. The employee shall be notified by the <br />Executive Director as to such recommendations and of the reasons <br />therefore. <br />3. No advancement in salary above Step "D" shall become effective until <br />approved by the City Manager, except when placement on a salary step <br />above Step "D" results from promotion under the provisions of Section <br />4.10 of this Article. <br />C. Length of Service Required When Advancement Denied. When an employee has <br />not been approved for advancement to merit Step "E," he or she may be <br />reconsidered for such advancement after the completion of 520 hours of <br />additional service and shall be reconsidered for such advancement after the <br />completion of 1040 hours of additional service. This reconsideration shall follow <br />the same steps and shall be subject to the same actions as provided in <br />I <br />