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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED "TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!" CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES - 21 DECEMBER 1998 7:00 P.M. I. ROLL CALLED:. Chairman Cummings called the meeting to order at 7:OOP.M. The regular meeting of the civil service commission of December 21, 1998 will now commence. PRESENT ARE: Chairman E. Cummings, Commissioner J. Thomay ALSO PRESENT ARE: Safety Director; Mr. Jenkins; Fire Chief Osterhouse; Captain Ed Bak; Paul Michalko, representative from Personnel Selection Services, Inc., D. Rote, Clerk of Commissions, and K. O'Connell, Assistant Clerk of Commissions. II. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES: The minutes of the November 16, 1998 Civil Service meeting have been submitted for approval. E. Cummings moved to accept the minutes as written, J. Thomay seconded, unanimously approved. III. REPORTS: A) There were 10 correspondences received and sent. IV. OLD BUSINESS: A) The Clerk reviewed the Personnel Selection Services Inc. companies information that was recommended by Chief Ruple. It was found that their prices were lower then McCann Associates Inc., they provide their own monitors and administer the tests themselves. They also administer an agility test. Mr. Paul Michalko has been invited to attend the December 21, 1998 meeting to answer any questions the Commissioners may have regarding their policy and procedures. If the Commissioners moves to accept Personnel Selection Services the date of the written test will be set for February 26, 1999 and will be administered at the North Olmsted Community Cabin. The Commissioners will also need to make a motion on the passing scores for the Police Entry level test. Mr. Cummings asked Mr. Michalko to give the commissioners background information about Personnel Selection Services, Inc., a testing company, that civil service is interviewing to give the Police entry level test. Mr. Michalko informed the commissioners they had been in business for 15 years and located in northeast Ohio they do work in about 65 cities therefore they have a lot of repeat business. Mr. Cummings suggested Mr. Michalko indicate the difference between his company and other testing companies. The biggest difference is Personnel Selections Services, Inc., gives a different test each time, most other testing companies tests have been around for awhile. Personnel Selections Services has a bank of subject matters from which to about 450 questions, they would use approximately 20 questions per test. They can also give an agility test if so desired. If the Civil Service Commission should indicates they don't want protesting, Personnel Selection Services will tell all candidates before taking the test. A representative from Personnel Selections Services, Inc., will meet with the department heads to see what they would like to use on the test. They feel security would be better as there is less handling of the tests. Personnel Selections Services use their people to administer the test, monitor, grade, then send the grades to the Civil Service office to notify candidates. The grading can be done on the premises if need be, but under normal circumstances it takes 5 days for the test scores to be returned. The Civil Service office would need to be there to check in 1