Item 17 - Memorandum of Understanding with the Santa Ana Management Association and Resolution for Associated Unrepresented Classifcations

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b. The Appointing Authority, at least twenty(20) calendar days prior to the anticipated completion of such employee's required length of service, shall file with the City Manager a statement recommending the granting or denial of the merit increase and supporting such a recommendation with specific reasons therefore. The employee shall be notified by the Appointing Authority as to such recommendations and shall be informed of the reasons. C. No advancement in salary shall become effective until approved by the City Manager, except when placement on a salary step above Step "A" results from promotion under the provisions of Section 5.9(B). d. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection to the contrary, a merit step increase shall be automatically granted ninety (90) days after the due date if no performance appraisal is completed. The effective date of such merit step increase shall be retroactive to the first(1st) full pay period following the completion of the required length of service. 2. When any such employee in a classification designated as Administrative Management (AM) has not been approved for advancement to the next higher salary step,they may be reconsidered for such advancement after the completion of three (3) months of additional service and shall be reconsidered for advancement to the next higher step above their then current step after the completion of six (6) months of additional service. This reconsideration shall follow the same steps and shall be subject to the same actions as provided in Subsection 5.8(B)(1). 3. Any employee in an Administrative Management classification who is being paid at any salary step above "A" may be reduced to the next lower step in the appropriate salary rate range upon the recommendation of the Executive Director and the approval of the City Manager. Procedure for such reduction shall follow the same procedure for merit advancement provided in Subsection 5.8(B)(1), and such employee may be considered for re-advancement under the same provisions as contained in Subsection 5.8(B)(2). 5.9 Promotional Salary Advancement.