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for that month when determining the length of service required for salary <br />step advancement. A lapse of service by an employee for a period of time <br />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 <br />such employee for the purposes of this MOU, and such employee reentering <br />the service of the City shall be considered as a new employee, except when <br />he or she is being or will be reappointed as provided in the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code Section 9-114 within one (1) year and placed in the same <br />salary step in the appropriate salary rate as he or she was at the time of <br />termination of employment. "Resignation, quit, or discharge" for purposes of <br />this section shall mean separating from full-time City employment altogether, <br />not leaving one position to accept appointment to another position in an <br />unrelated classification outside the career ladder. <br />5.8 Advancement within Ranges. <br />A. Length of Service Advancements. After the salary of an employee has <br />been first established and fixed under this plan, such employee shall <br />be advanced from Step "AA" to Step "A," from Step "A" to Step "B," <br />from Step "B" to Step "C," or from Step "C" to Step "D," whichever is <br />the next higher step to that on which the employee has been <br />previously paid, effective the first day of the month following the date <br />of completion of the length of service required for such advancement <br />as provided in Section 5.2 and the City's salary schedule, as <br />periodically updated and published by the City. <br />Merit Advances. An employee shall be considered for advancement <br />from Step "D" to Step "E" upon the completion of the required length <br />of service as provided in Section 5.2 and the City's salary schedule, as <br />periodically updated and published by the City; the effective date of <br />such merit increase, if granted, shall be on the first (1st) day of the <br />month following the completion of such required length of service. <br />Advancement to Step "E" may be granted only for continued <br />meritorious and efficient service and continued improvement by the <br />employee in the effective performance of the duties of his or her <br />position. Such merit advancement shall require the following: <br />There shall be on file in the office of the Executive Director of <br />Personnel Services a copy of each periodic performance <br />appraisal report required to be made on the employee by the <br />Civil Service Rules and Regulations and/or the City Manager <br />CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOU: 2017-2018 Page 14 <br />25H-18 <br />