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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 "A" results from promotion under the provisions of Section <br />5.9(B) of this MOU. <br />d. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection to the <br />contrary, a merit step increase 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 increase shall be <br />retroactive to the first (1st) day of the month following the <br />completion of the required length of service. <br />2. When any such employee in a classification designated as Administrative <br />Management (AM) has not been approved for advancement to the next <br />higher salary step, he or she may be reconsidered for such advancement <br />after the completion of three (3) months of additional service and shall be <br />reconsidered for advancement to the next higher step above his or her then <br />current step after the completion of six (6) months of additional service. <br />This reconsideration shall follow the same steps and shall be subject to the <br />same actions as provided in Subsection 5.8(B)(1) above. <br />3. Any employee in an Administrative Management classification who is <br />being paid at any salary step above "A" may be reduced to the next lower <br />step in the appropriate salary rate range upon the recommendation of the <br />Executive Director and the approval of the City Manager. Procedure for <br />such reduction shall follow the same procedure for merit advancement <br />provided in Subsection 5.8(B)(1) above, and such employee may be <br />considered for re -advancement under the same provisions as contained in <br />Subsection 5.8(13)(2) above. <br />2dJ-16 <br />