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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, September 21, 2020 Page 3 DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: Finance Department — Mr. Wynne: I have no special report this evening. Council President Schutt stated, thank you, Mr. Wynne. Fire Department — Reporting on behalf of the Fire Department, Mrs. Betsa stated, the Civil Service Commission met with Chief Carcioppolo in March and discussed potentially participating in a Regional Examination for Firefighter/Paramedic with the cities of Euclid, Highland Heights, Lyndhurst, Mayfield Heights, Pepper Pike, Richmond Heights and South Euclid. Upon review of the informational packet by the Commissioners, it was suggested by them that Chairman DeBaggis attend a meeting of the respective Fire Chiefs and representatives of their municipal Commissioners scheduled the next week to get more information on the proposed regional examination. Due to the pandemic, this meeting was rescheduled to April. The Commission met again in May and Chairman DeBaggis reported on the April meeting. He explained the process to the Commission. The Commission realized that one of the advantages to being a part of the regional examination is it would be less costly and there would be a larger pool of candidates. Chairman DeBaggis received authority from the Commission to vote on actions taken during the multi -city meetings. In addition, the Commissioners approved entering into a Participation Agreement on behalf of Mayfield Village and the Civil Service Commission. Applications have been available on all of the participating municipality's websites since August 31 It. There is a maximum of 200 applications being accepted. The examination is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th at the Hilton Garden Inn on Beta Drive. The first 100 applicants would take the test at 5:00 p.m. and the second 100 at 8:00 p.m. Along with the required documents, the applicants must pass the Tri -C physical agility test. The test scheduled for 9/20 has booked up. However, the Commissions have agreed to extend the date to submit physical agility certificates to October 27th in order that the potential candidates can register for the October 25th exam. As of last week, there were 147 applications submitted. On behalf of Chief Carcioppolo and Administration, thanks to the Commission for all of their hard work. Special gratitude goes out to Chairman DeBaggis who has participated in numerous lengthy meetings to go over the process and procedures in preparation for and attendance at the examination. Thanks again, Henry. Council President Schutt stated, thank you, Mrs. Betsa. Nice work by all communities involved. Law Department — Mr. Coyne — I have no formal report this evening, but if there are any questions about some of the items on the agenda, I would be glad to address them when they come up. Council President Schutt stated, thank you Mr. Coyne.