An employee who is demoted shall have his salary reduced to a rate not to exceed the maximum of the new class. Demoted employees shall normally be given credit on the new salary range as if all his time had been in the lower class. A demotion is defined as a move from one position class to another in an authorized vacancy which is assigned to a lower salary grade.
(Ord. of 3-12-91, art. II, § 8)