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A - CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 5200 Dover Center Road • North Olmsted, Ohio 44070 Phone: 777-8000 Ext. 232 Fax: 777-5889 CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AMENDED MINUTES OCTOBER 21, 1996 I. ROLL CALL: The regular meeting of the civil service commission of October; 21, 1996 will now commence.... present areI ChairmanCu�runings, CommisZol sioner at; .Commissioner Benjamin, Police Chief Viola; Fire ChiefOsterhouse, Safety Director Kaslet and the following members from our fire department. Mr%Lane, Mr. Gut, Mx. --Vance, Mr Gerber; W. -Tower, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Ciarrone, Mr." Schantz,'Mh Prebis, .and Mr Hehnen II. DISPOSITION =Any corrections o the m nutes bf September 16, 1996. The minutes were approved as writtef t III. REPORTS: Mr Hines has"accepted a job offer in -Columbus and has�resgned from the Civil Service Commission effective October 1, ;1996." Congratulations „Jim, we will miss you. Mr. Ernest Cumniiigs has beenFappointed asahe thvrd civil service commissioner.. The commission decided that Mr. Cnmmirigs will be chairman and Mrs Zolar co-chairman IV. OLD BUSINESS 1) Promotional Fire Lieutenant Examination The written examination was given on Apiii !4, 1996 On May 11, the op six candidates were permitted to take the oral assessment. At theyJuue 17th :n tin%' there was a protest filed by Mr. Ronald Prehis He felt his seniority points should have been added iri after the written examination. Due to; the fact the rule was vague, the commission agreed to re -administer the oral assessment portion of the test to Mr. Prebis plus those candidates he could surpass. It was decided, when `thereis a need'to,hire beyond the..can&date. ranked'second, the oral examination would have to be r&,admniistered to candidates} ranked third through sixth plus Mr. Prebis. The candidates ranked third through sixth are, opposed to this decision. All the candidates affected by this decision seem`to have come up -With a solution that will be beneficial to everyone. Mr. Prebis, the spokesman for the group at our previous meeting, is willing to drop 5 of his extra credit points if only he will be required to take the oral assessment. The commission preferred to administer this examination at a location where one is already being given. The question as to whether we can extend the list to two years from the date Mr. Prebis will take the examination, was referred to the law director for his opinion. The commission has received a copy of the law director's written opinion in their packets. The secretary read the law director's written opinion and a copy was sent around the room. Mr. Hehnen requested to go on record that he filed an individual protest. A copy of this protest along with several others are on file in the civil service office. Mr. Hehnen explained that the law directors opinion adversely effects him, as he will be required to recompete against candidates ranked third, fifth, and sixth plus Mr. Prebis. He believed this is unfair because he is not given the opportunity to compete against candidates ranked first and second. Mr. Hehnen believed