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premium reduction assistance will continue until such time as the parties may <br />mutually agree to end said deduction. <br />Each October ls` , the City shall contribute an amount equal to three - quarters' <br />percent (.75 %) of the bargaining unit's annual base salary, including pay additives <br />(excluding overtime), for the purpose of providing retiree health insurance <br />premium reduction assistance. <br />4.4 Application of Basic Compensation Plan. The salary rate ranges and steps contained in <br />Exhibit A are monthly salary rates. All officers and employees working in classifications <br />of employment covered by this MOU shall be compensated at a monthly rate, except that <br />an employee hired for temporary work in a position which has an anticipated duration of <br />less than six (6) months shall be paid at a rate per hour for actual time spent in the <br />performance of the duties of his or her employment. Any hourly rate of pay, defined as <br />the regular hourly rate of pay, shall be computed by dividing the monthly salary rate plus <br />pay additives by 173.33. In determining the hourly rate as herein provided, computation <br />shall be made to the nearest whole cent and a computation resulting in exactly one -half <br />cent or higher shall fix the rate at the next higher whole cent. <br />4.5 Beginning Rates. A new employee of the City of Santa Ana shall be paid the rate shown <br />as Step "A" in the salary rate range allocated to the class of employment for which he or <br />she has been hired. In special instances where such new employee possesses unique and <br />exceptional education, training and/or experience qualifications, the department head <br />under whom the employee will serve, may submit a written request and justification to <br />the City Manager for authorization to place such new employee on Step 'B" or Step "C" <br />within the allocated salary rate range, provided that such employee shall be assigned such <br />salary step upon the commencement of his or her service in the classification of <br />employment to which the salary rate range applies and such assignment having once been <br />made shall remain in effect until the said employee shall be entitled to advance to the <br />next salary step in accordance with the further provisions of this Article. <br />4.6 Service. The word "service" as used in this MOU shall be deemed to mean continuous, <br />full -time service in the classification in which the officer or employee is being considered <br />for salary advancement, service in the higher classification or service in a classification <br />allocated to the same salary rate range and having generally similar duties and <br />requirements. Employees hired after the first (1st) working day of the month shall not be <br />credited with "time -in- service" for that month when determining the length of service <br />required for salary step advancement. A lapse of service by an officer or employee for a <br />period of time longer than thirty (30) calendar days by reason of resignation, quit, or <br />discharge, shall serve to eliminate the accumulated length of service time of such officer <br />or employee for the purpose of this MOU and any such officer or employee reentering <br />the service of the City shall be considered as a new officer or employee, except that he or <br />she may be reappointed within one (1) year and may be placed in the same salary step in <br />the appropriate salary range as he or she was at the time of termination of employment. <br />11 <br />