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collectively bargain future general wage increases and pay scale adjustments for the remainder of the term of this agreement. Such negotiations shall commence on or before June 15, 2021, unless the parties mutually agree to a later date. D. The County and the Union currently use a 17 step pay plan that provides for movement within the designated classification. The County and the Union agree to the following changes to the existing step plan: a. Using the adjusted 17 step plan, the first full pay period in April 2020, each employee represented by this agreement (unless otherwise stated) will receive a market equity adjustment equal to 2 steps within their existing classification in the 17 step plan. Using the minimum and maximum of the 17 step pay plan, a 14 step plan will be established with equitable percentage increases between the steps (See Exhibit B). Employees will then be placed in the 14 step plan, incorporated into the agreement as Exhibit B, in the step that is closest to the employee's new annual salary after the 2 step equity adjustment. If the new salary is less than the average between two steps, employee will be placed. on the lower step. If the new salary is greater than the average between two steps, employee will proceed to the next step. New hire employees who are dual certified at the time of the equity market equity adjustment and are in step one, shall advance one step under the market equity adjustment and be placed in step two of the 14 step pay plan. New hire employees, who have not attained paramedic certification as of the first pay period in April 2020, will not be eligible for the market equity adjustment until attainment of the paramedic certification. Their salary will remain $2,000 below step one in the 14 step pay plan. In FY 2019-20, effective the pay period following attainment of paramedic certification, new hire employees who attain paramedic certification shall have their pay increased to the entry level rate for a dual certified position and advance to step two in the 14 step plan, Topped out employees who did not receive a market equity adjustment as a result of placement in the 14 step pay plan, shall receive a $1,200 lump sum payment not added to their base pay to be paid in the first full pay period in April 2020. 63