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under whom the employee will serve, may submit a written request and justification to the <br />City Manager for authorization to place such new employee on Step "B" or Step "C" within <br />the allocated salary rate range, provided that such employee shall be assigned such salary <br />step upon the commencement of his or her service in the classification of employment to <br />which the salary rate range applies and such assignment having once been made shall <br />remain in effect until the said employee shall be entitled to advance to the next salary step <br />in accordance with the further provisions of this Article. <br />4.7 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 detenriining 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 the <br />service of the City shall be considered as a new officer or employee, except that he or she <br />may be reappointed within one (1) year and may be placed in the same salary step in the <br />appropriate salary range as he or she was at the time of termination of employment. <br />4.8 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 <br />been first established and fixed under this plan, such officer or employee shall be <br />advanced from Step "A" to Step "B" or from Step "B" to Step "C" or from Step "C" <br />to Step "D," whichever is the next higher step to that on which the officer or <br />employee has been previously paid, effective the first day of the month following <br />the date of completion of the length of service for such advancement as provided <br />in Section 4.2 of this MOU. <br />B. Merit Advance. An officer or employee shall be considered for advancement from <br />Step "D" to Step "E" upon the completion of 12 months' the required length service <br />as provided in Section 4.2 of this MOU. The effective date of such merit increase, <br />if granted, shall be on the first day of the month following the completion of 12 <br />months' service. Advancement to Step "E" may be granted only for continued <br />meritorious and efficient service and continued improvement by the officer or <br />employee in the effective performance of the duties of his or her position. Such <br />merit advancement shall require the following: <br />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 />11 <br />25C-15 <br />