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7 recommendation of Fire Chief and approval by City Manager on their anniversary date of their promotion. Once the Battalion Chief has reached the top of the salary range, no further increases are available. *Effective upon Council Approval Yearly Salary Range Monthly Salary Range Salary Range $178,315 $216,406 $14,859.58 $18,033.83 5.2 Cost of Living Increases (COLA) During Contract Term 2023: Effective June 10, 2023, Battalion Chiefs will receive a cost-of-living increase of three percent (3%) of their base pay. 2024: Effective January 6, 2024, Battalion Chiefs will receive a cost-of-living increase of three percent (3%) of their base pay. The Battalion Chief’s salary range will be adjusted accordingly. 2025: Effective January 4, 2025, Battalion Chiefs will receive a cost-of-living increase of one percent (1%) of their base pay. The Battalion Chief’s salary range will be adjusted accordingly. 5.3 Acting Pay – Deputy Fire Chief / Fire Chief At the discretion of the Fire Chief or the City Manager, Battalion Chiefs may be assigned in an acting or interim basis to the rank of Deputy Fire Chief or Fire Chief. When an employee is assigned and serving in the rank of Deputy Fire Chief or Fire Chief, that employee’s acting rate of pay shall be at least 5% above the Battalion Chief’s current pay rate beginning the first day of the acting assignment. 5.4 Salary Step After Change in Classification When a Battalion Chief is promoted to a Deputy Chief or any other position in a higher classification, the employee shall receive the minimum rate for the higher classification; provided, however, that such rate is at least five percent (5%) above the employee’s current wage rate. When an employee is demoted, whether such demotion is voluntary or otherwise, that employee’s compensation shall be adjusted to the salary prescribed for the classification to which the employee is demoted. The specific rate of pay within the salary range shall be determined by the City Manager, whose decision shall be final; provided, however, that the employee’s rate of pay shall not be lower than the salary rate the employee would earn had the employee remained in the lower classification. 5.5 Shift Management Compensation Pay Battalion Chiefs assigned to a 56-shift schedule shall be compensated in the amount equal to 7.5% of the Battalion Chief current base rate of pay paid biweekly. Shift Management Compensation covers time spent conducting normal management and/or administrative business when not on shift; for example, participating in command staff meetings, labor management meetings, BC meetings, shift management preparation, and end of shift hold over to complete turn over, reports, and paperwork, etc. The Fire Chief, and/or designee, may approve additional compensation for the entire time spent, paid at the rate of the Battalion Chief coverage stipend under Section 5.8, when assigned to participate in off-duty events greater than three (3) hours in a single day, to conduct business outside their normal