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agreement." Rule VI-C-1 of the current regulations states "Except with police officers and firefighters, in case of suspension of three days or less, the appointing authority shall furnish such employee with a copy of the order of suspension." Mr. Wilamosky advised this change was suggested because if something is in the process of going through binding arbitration there is no right of appeal to the civil service commission. He clarified if there is not binding arbitration the employee effected can appeal the discipline to the commission or their respective representatives can ask to enter binding arbitration whereby the city would have to agree to it. Director Wilamosky advised he is not aware of a union contract that does not have binding arbitration. Assistant Chief Smith advised that he and Chief Osterhouse would have the right to appeal to the commission. Mr. Vance agreed the procedure for appealing a suspension is spelled out in the collective bargaining agreement. Mr. Wilamosky had some concerns about Section 4-3, of Rule XII which states "A second or subsequent suspension of the same nature within a twenty-four (24) month period may be appealed by the employee, at the discretion of the Commission." He noted the time period may be different depending on the contract. Mr. Vance advised the last sentence 4-b provides that the collective bargaining agreement must be followed. W. Vance advised there is a spelling error in Rule XII, section 6-a, as it is referring to legal counsel. There were no additional changes through page 27 of this draft. Mr. Vance noted Rule XIV-1-b is different from the current rules established on page 28, Rule VIII-A-2. It was noted it no longer requires for documents to be stored at city hall. Mr. Vance had no objections to this change, but wanted to note it was a change. Mr. Vance noted an error was made on page 30 as Non-Classified and Non- Competitive have the same definition. This was a typographical error and it will be corrected. Mr. Cummings advised the schools should be removed from the Appendix. Mr. Wilamosky explained that the schools will be removed and the ordinance cited. Mr. Vance noted the verbiage "or a collective bargaining agreement." was added to the definition for Probationary. He did not disagree with this change but noted that it was a change. The remainder of the suggestions were verbatim from the current handbook Mr. Wilamosky and the commission secretary will go through the suggestions and hopefully have copies for the commission by the next meeting. He advised that the commission can update the clerical/technical component of the examination as they see fit. It was noted currently the typing portion of the test is administered as a part of the interview process. Mr. Wilamosky advised, if the commission decides to administer the typing as part of the testing component, the test will have to be validated so that it is generally accepted through industry standards. If the test is not validated it is not worth much. Mr. Cummings clarified the test is not currently being administered under normal testing conditions. Mr. Wilamosky believed currently the test is done more in the office environment. V. NEW BUSINESS: No items. X. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 P.M. E. Cummings, A. Cornish,