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evaluation is only based on a couple of questions. Mr. Thomay questioned if Mr. Hohenfeld felt they should include an interview as part of the testing? Mr. Hohenfeld indicated he felt the candidates should be able to hand in a resume. Mr. Cummings thanked Mr. Hohenfeld for his input, indicating, if people don't let them know they can't make positive changes in the future. He than asked Secretary O'Connell if she would check with other Civil Service Offices in the area to see if they had their candidates hand in resumes as part of the testing process. B) The Commissioners will need to certify the results of the Fire Chiefs promotional examination. Mr. Thomay asked Secretary O'Connell if the results were released before the list had been certified? The reason for his questioning this, was in the correspondence there was a letter from Secretary Rote apologizing for sending out a letter for the Assistant Fire Chief s Exam too early. Secretary O'Connell indicated the results are not released until the commissioners certify them and make the announcement of the results. The invitation for the Assistant Fire Chief s Exam should not have been extended until the Fire Chef s test was completed. Mr. Cummings then read the results of the Fire Chiefs Promotional exam, Edward Bak, 99.50; Thomas Klecan, 97.07; Jeffery Hohenfeld, 96.81. Edward Bak was declared the new Fire Chief. E. Cummings motioned to accept and certify the results of the Fire Chiefs Promotional examination as submitted, seconded by L. Zolar and unanimously approved. C) The Commissioners will need to make a motion on an application fee waiver request that was received by an Entry Level Police Applicant. According to the Civil Service Handbook: Those persons unable to pay the processing fee must submit a written request in the form of a notarized affidavit for a waiver of the processing fee to the Secretary of the Commission along with the application. This affidavit should contain a detailed income and expense history for the prior 12 months and clearly explain why they can not pay the processing fee. Upon receipt of the aforementioned affidavit, the Commission shall review the same for completeness. Any affidavit that is not .complete in detail, shall be returned to the applicant along with a letter explaining the reason it is being returned. Affidavits that are complete in detail, shall be reviewed by the Commission and either approved or denied by a majority vote of Commission members at the next regularly scheduled Commission meeting following receipt of the affidavit. Mr. Thomay indicated the applicant stated he was a full time student, working as a substitute teacher. He had just moved to the area, and was looking for employment, but was unemployed at this time. Mr. Jenkins, Safety Director, indicated since the applicant didn't include the 12 month summary of his income and expenses, its hard to determine what his poverty level is. Mr. Cummings indicated in the past when someone asked for a waiver of the fee they gave the information requested so a judgment could be made on that basis. Mr. Cummings stated the commission, has in the past given a fee waiver when the applicant was on food stamps, welfare and had lost their job. The commissioners all agreed $30.00 was not a lot of money for the applicant to pay and denied the waiver request. E. Cummings motioned to reject the wavier, seconded by J. Thomay and unanimously approved.