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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 />"AAA" to Step "AA," Step "AA" to Step "A," from Step "A" to Step "B," from <br />Step `B" to Step "C," or from Step "C" to Step "D," whichever is the next higher <br />step to that on which the employee has been previously paid, effective the first day <br />of the month following the date of completion of the length of service required for <br />such advancement as provided in Section 4.2 and the salary schedule as periodically <br />updated and published by the City. <br />B. Merit Advances. An employee shall be considered for advancement from Step "D" <br />to Step "E" upon the completion of the required length of service as provided in <br />Section 4.2 and the salary schedule as periodically updated and published by the <br />City; the effective date of such merit increase, if granted, shall be on the first (I") <br />day of the month following the completion of such required length of service. <br />Advancement to Step "E" may be granted only for continued meritorious and <br />efficient service and continued improvement by the employee in the effective <br />performance of the duties of his or her position. Such merit advancement shall <br />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 and/or <br />the City Manager during the period of service time of such employee <br />subsequent to his or her last salary advancement. <br />2. The Department Head, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the <br />anticipated completion of such employee's required length of service, shall <br />file with the City Manager a statement recommending the granting or denial <br />of the merit increase and supporting such a recommendation with specific <br />reasons therefore. The employee shall be notified by the Department Head <br />as to such recommendations and of the reasons 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 Sectionl0 <br />of this Article. <br />4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection to the contrary, <br />a merit step advance shall be automatically granted ninety (90) days after <br />the due date if no performance appraisal is completed. The effective date <br />of such merit step advance shall be retroactive to the first (I") day of the <br />month following the completion of the required length of service. <br />25B-13 <br />