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retroactive to the first (1") day of the month following the <br />completion of the required length of service. <br />4. When an employee in a SAMA Middle Management classification has not <br />been approved for advancement to the next higher salary step, he or she <br />may be reconsidered for such advancement after the completion of three <br />(3) months of additional continued service in the classification and shall <br />be reconsidered for advancement to the next higher step above his or her <br />then current step after the completion of six (6) months of additional <br />continued service in the classification. <br />5. An employee in a SAMA Middle Management classification who is being <br />paid at any salary step above Step "1" may be reduced to the next lower <br />step in the appropriate salary rate range upon the recommendation of the <br />Appointing Authority and the approval of the City Manager. Procedure <br />for such reduction shall follow the same procedure for merit advancement <br />in Subsection 5.8 Paragraph (A) (4) above, and such officer or employee <br />may be considered for readvancement under the same provisions as <br />contained in Subsection 5.8 Paragraph (A) (4) above. <br />B. SAMA Administrative Management Classifications: The following conditions <br />shall govern salary advancement within 5 -step rate ranges for employees <br />employed in SAMA Administrative Management classifications: <br />1. For any employee in a Administrative Management classification covered <br />by this MOU who has been initially appointed to a step lower than Step <br />"B," advancement to the next higher step (Step `B" from Step "A" or Step <br />"C" from Step `B," etc.) may be granted only for continued meritorious <br />and efficient service by said employee in the effective performance of the <br />duties of his or her position. The effective date of such merit step <br />increase, if granted, shall be the first day of the month following the <br />completion of one year of service at the step from which said employee is <br />being advanced. <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 />2dJ-15 <br />