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EXHIBIT "A" ARTICLE 34 SALARIES 34.1 Upon receiving Firefighter certification, Paramedic I will be placed in the Dual Certified pay scale, effective the first day of the next 28 -day cycle. Upon becoming Firefighter certified ALS personnel will be converted using a 52.5% rate. They will be placed in the step plan based on their years of service. In the event that the converted pay rate is higher than the step they are placed in, their pay will remain at the converted rate until such time that the range or their subsequent step increase is greater than the converted rate of pay. 34.2 Bargaining unit employees will be provided wages as follows: A. For Fiscal Year 2013-14, bargaining unit employees will not receive cost of living, step, or other wage increases. B. For Fiscal Year 2014-15, effective the beginning of the first pay period after Union ratification and County approval of this Agreement, all bargaining unit employees shall receive a five and one-half percent (5-1/2%) cost -of -living increase. In addition, effective the beginning of the first pay period after Union ratification and County approval of this Agreement, all bargaining unit employees will be placed in the revised step plans shown in Attachment B (which already include the 5-1/2% cost -of -living increase). Such placement shall be in accordance with the Pay Scale Conversion shown in Attachment C. Upon Union ratification and County approval of this Agreement, after placement in the revised step plans, eligible employees will proceed to the next step of their respective revised pay plan. Topped -out employees who do not receive a step increase will receive a lump sum payment of $1500, with the proviso that this sum will be paid in three $500 increments due the beginning of the first pay period after (1) Union ratification and County approval of this Agreement, (2) May 1, 2015 and (3) July 1, 2015. 356