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increments, each step being equivalent to 2.5% per year until Step "17" is <br />achieved. For example, an employee covered by this MOU shall advance <br />from Step "15" to Step "16", and Step "16" to Step "17", respectively. <br />3. Any current SAMA Middle Management employee who previously <br />advanced through the steps of each salary rate range using his or her initial <br />date of hire into a middle management class shall retain that date as the <br />anniversary date for purposes of advancing through the steps of each <br />salary rate range while in his or her current class and for any subsequent <br />promotions to a SAMA Middle Management class. The effective date of <br />such merit step increase, if granted, shall be the first (151) day of the month <br />following the anniversary date. <br />Such merit advancement shall require the following: <br />a. There shall be on file in the office of the Executive Director of <br />Personnel Services a copy of each periodic performance appraisal <br />required to be made on the employee by the Civil Service Rules <br />and Regulations and/or the City Manager during the period of <br />service time of such employee subsequent to his or her last salary <br />advancement. <br />b. The Appointing Authority, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior <br />to the anticipated completion of such employee's required length <br />of service, shall file with the City Manager a statement <br />recommending the granting or denial of the merit increase and <br />supporting such a recommendation with specific reasons therefore. <br />The employee shall be notified by the Appointing Authority as to <br />such recommendations and shall be informed of the reasons. <br />C. No advancement in salary shall become effective until approved by <br />the City Manager, except when placement on a salary step above <br />Step "1" results from promotion under the provisions of Section <br />5.9 (A) of this MOU. <br />d. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection to the <br />contrary, a merit step advance shall be automatically granted <br />ninety (90) days after the due date if no performance appraisal is <br />completed. The effective date of such merit step advance shall be <br />26J-14 <br />