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6.1. C. - Page 11 <br /> ARTICLE 7 <br /> PERSONNEL FILES AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS <br /> 7.1 Personnel Files <br /> An employee or his or her Association representative upon presentation of written authorization from the <br /> employee shall have access to the employee's personnel file on request. The City shall furnish the <br /> employee copies of all performance evaluation ratings and letters of reprimand or warning prior to placing <br /> them into the employees' personnel file, and copies of letters of reprimand or warning shall be sent to the <br /> Human Resources Director. At the employee's request, copies of performance evaluation ratings and <br /> letters of reprimand or warning shall be sent to the Association. Upon receipt of a letter of reprimand or <br /> warning which the employee feels is factually incorrect, he may so advise, in writing, the Fire Chief and the <br /> Association, but letters of reprimand or warning may not be appealed through the grievance procedure as <br /> set forth in Article 19 herein. The employee may be required to acknowledge the receipt of any document <br /> entered into his or her personnel file without prejudice to subsequent arguments concerning the contents of <br /> such documents. At the request of the employee, letters of reprimand shall be removed within two (2) years <br /> from an employee's personnel file provided that no further infraction of any City rule or regulation has been <br /> documented in the employee's personnel file within such period of time. <br /> 7.2 Frequency of Evaluation <br /> All regular unit members holding regular status shall be evaluated annually. Probationary unit members <br /> shall be evaluated at the end of the sixth month, and within ten (10) days of the end of the probationary <br /> period. <br /> 7.3 Annual Evaluation <br /> Employees shall receive an overall annual performance rating of "satisfactory", "exceeds standards," <br /> "outstanding" or "unsatisfactory." Once the employee's performance evaluation has been completed, it shall <br /> be presented to the employee for review and signature. An employee who receives an "unsatisfactory" <br /> evaluation will not be eligible to receive a merit salary increase under 14.3.1 until the employee receives an <br /> overall annual performance rating of °standard" or higher. <br /> ARTICLE 8 <br /> PROBATIONARY PERIOD <br /> 8.1 Objective <br /> The probationary period is an integral part of the examination process and is utilized for closely observing <br /> the employee's work, for securing the most effective adjustment of a new employee to his position, and for <br /> rejecting any probationary employee whose performance does not meet required work standards. <br /> 8.2 Duration <br /> All original and promotional appointments made of employees, who are members of the COA bargaining <br /> unit shall be subject to a probationary period of one (1) year. <br /> 4 <br />