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EVALUATIONS AND MERIT INCREASES. Section 1. All employees in the County will be evaluated at least once annually, beginning approximately ninety (90) days prior to June 30. Section 2. Both the employee and the supervisor shall participate in the evaluations. The employee shall be given an opportunity to examine all evaluations and discuss the evaluation with his/her immediate supervisor and to sign the evaluation form to indicate that he/she has done so, although his/her signature on the form does not necessarily indicate his/her agreement with the evaluation. In the event an employee refuses to sign an evaluation form, the supervisor and the employee may each call another employee as a witness to the refusal to sign and shall sign as a witness to the employee's refusal to sign the form. Any additional comments, statements, or objections by the employee to the evaluation may be submitted on an attached memorandum, and the presence of such attachment must be noted on the evaluation form itself by the employee, and become a permanent part of the employee's record. The employee shall receive a copy of the evaluation at that time and the evaluation shall be placed in the employee's personnel file. Once an employee has signed the evaluation form, Management shall not make any further changes. Section 3. Less than satisfactory evaluations must be preceded by at least a written notice given when the employee's performance falls below acceptable standards. The notice will specify the areas in which the performance is not satisfactory. Section 4. Upon receiving a satisfactory evaluation by his/her supervisor, the employee shall be recommended for a merit increase to the next step in the progressive pay plan. When an employee receives a less than satisfactory evaluation, it may be appealed at the third step within five (5) working days of receipt of the evaluation. For satisfactory 7/2019 – 6/2020 evaluations, eligible employees will be recommended for the next step in the progressive pay plan (appendix) effective July 1, 2020. Bargaining unit members whose pay is at or above the top of the pay scale shall receive a lump sum payment of 2%. For satisfactory 7/2020 – 6/2021 evaluations, eligible employees will be recommended for the next step in the progressive pay plan (appendix) effective July 1, 2021. Bargaining unit members whose pay is at or above the top of the pay scale shall receive a lump sum payment of 2%.

EVALUATIONS AND MERIT INCREASES. Section 1. All employees in the County will be evaluated at least once annually, beginning approximately ninety (90) days prior to June 30December 31. Section 2. Both the employee and the supervisor shall participate in the evaluations. The employee shall be given an opportunity to examine all evaluations and discuss the evaluation with his/her immediate supervisor and to sign the evaluation form to indicate that he/she has done so, although his/her signature on the form does not necessarily indicate his/her agreement with the evaluation. In the event an employee refuses to sign an evaluation form, the supervisor and the employee may each call another employee as a witness to the refusal to sign and shall sign as a witness to the employee's refusal to sign the form. Any additional comments, statements, or objections by the employee to the evaluation may be submitted on an attached memorandum, and the presence of such attachment must be noted on the evaluation form itself by the employee, and become a permanent part of the employee's record. The employee shall receive a copy of the evaluation at that time and the evaluation shall be placed in the employee's personnel file. Once an employee has signed the evaluation form, Management shall not make any further changes. Section 3. Less than satisfactory evaluations must be preceded by at least a written notice given when the employee's performance falls below acceptable standards. The notice will specify the areas in which the performance is not satisfactory. Section 4. Upon receiving a satisfactory evaluation by his/her supervisor, the employee shall be recommended for a merit increase to the next step in the progressive pay plan. When an employee receives a less than satisfactory evaluation, it may be appealed at the third step within five (5) working days of receipt of the evaluation. For satisfactory 7/2019 – 6/2020 evaluationsevaluations in 2019, eligible employees will be recommended for the next step in the progressive pay plan (appendix) effective July January 1, 2020. Bargaining unit members whose pay is at or above the top of the pay scale shall receive a lump sum payment of 2%. For satisfactory 7/2020 – 6/2021 evaluationsevaluations in 2020, eligible employees will be recommended for the next step in the progressive pay plan (appendix) effective July January 1, 2021. Bargaining unit members whose pay is at or above the top of the pay scale shall receive a lump sum payment of 2%.