Advancement Through the Pay Plan. The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 respectively denote the various steps in the pay range. Salary Step 1, an entry level step, shall be paid upon initial employment and for a period of six months from the anniversary date. Upon recommendation of the department head, initial employment at a salary step other than entry level may be authorized by the City Manager when a particularly difficult recruiting problem for a class is found to exist. Salary Step 2 may be paid after six months at Salary Step 1 where the employee has demonstrated satisfactory job progress and normally increasing productivity and upon recommendation of the department head and approval of the City Manager. Salary Step 3 (as well as movement through the remaining salary steps) will be paid upon completion of one year of employment in Salary Step 2 (and the subsequent steps on the salary schedule) where the employee has demonstrated satisfactory job progress and productivity and upon recommendation of the department head and approval of the City Manager. In the case of an employee employed or re-employed at any step above Step 1, the employee may be advanced to the next higher step in his/her range no sooner than one year from the anniversary date of his/her employment.
Advancement Through the Pay Plan. The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 respectively denote the various steps in the pay range. Salary Step 1, an entry level step, shall be paid upon initial employment and for a period of six months from the anniversary date. Upon recommendation of the department head, initial employment at a salary step other than entry level may be authorized by the City Manager when a particularly difficult recruiting problem for a class is found to exist. Salary Step 2 may be paid after six months at Salary Step 1 where the employee has demonstrated satisfactory job progress and normally increasing productivity and upon recommendation of the department head and approval of the City Manager. Salary Step 3 will be paid upon completion of one year of employment in Salary Step 2 where the employee has demonstrated satisfactory job progress and productivity and upon recommendation of the department head and approval of the City Manager. Salary Step 4 will be paid upon completion of one year of employment in Salary Step 3 where the employee has demonstrated job progress and productivity and upon recommendation of the department head and approval of the City Manager. Salary Step 5 will be paid upon completion of one year of employment in Salary Step 4 where the employee has demonstrated job progress and productivity and upon the recommendation of the department head and approval of the City Manager. Salary Step 6 will be paid upon completion of one year of employment in Salary Step 5 where the employee has demonstrated job progress and productivity and upon the recommendation of the department head and approval of the City Manager. Salary Step 7 will be paid upon completion of one year of employment in Salary Step 6 where the employee has demonstrated job progress and productivity and upon the recommendation of the department head and approval of the City Manager. Salary Step 8 will be paid upon completion of one year of employment in Salary Step 7 where the employee has demonstrated job progress and productivity and upon the recommendation of the department head and approval of the City Manager. In the case of an employee employed or re-employed at any step above Step 1, said employee may be advanced to the next higher step in his/her range no sooner than one year from the anniversary date of his/her employment.
