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JACQUELIN A. SMITH 6091 BURNS ROAD NORTH OLMSTED, OH 44070 (216) 777-5674 TO: Jim Hines & The Civil Service Commission DATE: April 17, 1995 FROM: Jacquelin A. Smith SUBJECT: Secretary II Position in the Building Department at City Hall 1. As you may know, the history of the Civil Service System has its roots in the graft and corruption of the 1880's "Patronage System". Partially in reaction to the graft and corruption of public service and as a consequence of the assassination of President Garfield by a disgruntled office seeker, Congress passed the Civil Service (Pendleton ) Act in 1883. This act was the corner stone of today's Civil Service Commissions. Commissions at the local level are responsible for development and implementation of "blind" recruitment strategies and competitive examinations linked to job performance. (Richard Bingham, et al., Managing Local Government. 1991, page 79) 2. At the March 20, 1995, Civil Service meeting, I presented a complaint that I had been "Laid Off' from the Police Department from a Secretary II position and not laterally transferred to an open Secretary II position in the Building Department. Please refer to the attached Civil Service Meeting Minutes, dated March 20, 1995, page 3. 3. I will now take you through the entire occurrence and back it with documentation. I will explain why I feel that the I should be reinstated from "Lay Off' to the Secretary II position in the Building Department immediately. A. I took a typing test to be considered for employment as a Secretary II with the City of North Olmsted on July 20, 1993. I scored in the low 40's on correct words per minute. I knew the required correct words per minute was 45. Then in October of 1993, I received notice from this commission that the typing portion of the test was "Void", and I would be ranked 9th on the Civil Service List. See letter dated October 21,.1993 attached. B. In December of 1994, I was contacted by the North Olmsted Police Department. They told me about the Secretary II position open in their clerical division and later offered me the job. At this time I was employed full-time at Ohio Health Choice. I was glad that I would get the opportunity to work in my home city. I could leave Ohio Health Choice because the City offered health insurance coverage and I have carried the health care coverage for my family for the past few years. C. On December 29, 1994, I was selected for the Secretary H position in the Police Department. At the time I was ranked first on the Civil Service List. See attached letter dated December 29, 1994 from Chief Sefcek. D. Since I was hired by the City as a Secretary H, I believe I hold a Secretary II Classification. After being "bumped" from the Police Department position, I thought I would be simply moved into the vacant Secretary II position in the building department. I thought since the Building Department and the Police Department are under the Director of Public Safety that this was a routine simple move. But on February 23, 1995, I received a letter from Carolyn