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D. The County and the Union currently use a 14 step pay plan that provides for movement <br />within the designated classification. <br />E. Effective the first full pay period of April 2023, April 2024 and April 2025 all non -topped <br />out bargaining unit employees, except new hires who have not attained dual certification, <br />will proceed to the next step of their respective pay plan. New hire employees, who have <br />not attained paramedic certification as of the first full pay period in April 2023, April 2024 <br />and April 2025 respectively, will not advance to the next step of their respective pay plan <br />until paramedic certification is attained (not to exceed 24 months from date of hire). Upon <br />attainment of paramedic certification, their pay will be increased to the entry level rate for <br />a dual certified position and the employee will receive the step increase effective the first <br />full pay period following attainment of the paramedic certification. <br />F. Step moves, cost -of -living increases, general wage increases, pay scale adjustments or <br />lump sum payments, if any, after September 30, 2025 shall be established through <br />collective bargaining for a successor Agreement. <br />G. In the event of promotion, the employee shall move to the same step of the pay plan for the <br />higher rank on the first day of the pay period nearest to the date of promotion. In the event <br />the same step of the pay plan does not exist for the higher rank, the employee shall move <br />to the lowest step of the higher rank and shall not be eligible to receive the first subsequent <br />step increase provided in 34.2 D and E. <br />H. Effective with the first payroll period beginning on or after October 1, 2022, there shall be <br />implemented a Career Performance Incentive Program as follows: <br />1. Employees who have completed fifteen (15) to twenty-four (24) years of <br />continuous, uninterrupted service with the County shall receive $1,500 annual payable <br />biweekly. The incentive will begin effective with the first full pay period following <br />attainment of the service requirement. <br />County Wage Proposal August 15, 2024 <br />