82-06 144.05 Procedure for Scoring on Civil Service Examinations

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PLACED OMi iST READING & REFERRED TO THE RULES & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE 11/20/04. SECOND READING 12/4/06. ORDINANCE NO, 82-06 FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie~ AN ORDINANCE to create a new section within Chapter 144, Civil Service Commission, of the Codified Ordinances of the City Of Lakewood to set out the procedure for deciding tie scores on civil service examinations. WHEREAS, this ordinance is necessary in that any Rules and Regulations of the Lakewood Civil Service Commission which d ffer from the Ohio Revised Code must be enacted by ordinance; and WHEREAS, based on the experience of the Civil Service Commission and their extensive review of the Rules and Regulations, the Commission recommends that the procedure for deciding tie Scores on ~i~ii service examination§ be iefiec~ecl a~ described in the proposed ordinance. Now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That a new Section within Chapter 144, Civil Service Commission, of the COdified Ordinances Of the City of Lakewood is hereby created to read as follows: 144.XX DECIDING TIE SCORES (a) When two or mor~ eligible applicants receive the same total score, the order in which the names of such persons shall appear on the eligible list shall be determined by their respective scores on that part of the examination assigned the greatest weight. In the event that two or more qualifying applicants also receive identical scores on that part of the examination assigned the greatest weight, the order of listing shall be determined by a computer generated random number assigned each app cant, the lower number qualifying for priority listing on the eligible list. Such number is to be posted at the exam for review by applicants. (b) In the event two or more applicants receive the same total score on a promotional examination, seniority shall determine the order in which their names shall be placed on the eligible list. In the event such applicants have equal seniority the placement on the eligible list shall be determined by random number as stated above. (c) Subsections (a) and (b) hereof are specifically intended to supersede State Code provisions 0[~ the procedure for deciding tie scores on civil service examinations. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings