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D) The date for the Written and Oral Assessment test for Assistant Fire Chiefs promotional exam needs to be set. Chief Lee, from the Ohio Fire Chiefs Association has recommended the following dates. The Written Exam be given on Thursday, April 8, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. and the Oral Assessment be administered on Saturday, April 10, 1999 starting at 9:00 a.m.. Mr. Cummings asked if the dates had been checked out and would the commissioners have to be present. Secretary O'Connell indicated that the commissioners did not have to be present for the Assistant Fire Chief s Exam and the dates had been checked out. E. Cummings motioned to accept the Assistant Fire Chiefs written exam to be given on Thursday, April 8, 1999 at 7:00 P.M. and the Oral Assessment be administered on Saturday, April 10, 1999 at 9:OOA.M. Seconded by L. Zolar and unanimously approved. E) Mr. Cummings asked if anyone else had any new business they needed to discuss at this time. Mr Jenkins, Safety Director, indicated someone brought to his attention, Rule III, Section 2,(a). "The promotion of Firefighters shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 124.45 of the Ohio Revised Code except, that no Firefighter shall be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant who has not served a minimum of thirty-six (36) months or (3) years within the North Olmsted Fire Department at the time of the scheduled promotional examination." They felt that the minimum time served should be changed to sixty (60) months or (5) years. Mr. Jenkins indicated he had brought this before the Firefighters Union, for them to bring before their membership to see what their consensus was. He wanted to bring this to the commissioners attention for them to discuss further at another meeting. Mr. Thomay wanted to know if requiring (5) years would cut the field too much? Mr. Jenkins indicated he would need to see how many people this would effect before the next meeting. Mr. Cummings stated they review and update the Civil Service Handbook every two years and next year would be the time for them to discuss and update this rule. Mr. Cummings asked Mr. Jenkins to gather the information for the next handbook update. Mr. Cummings requested the secretary start a file for any suggestions for the future update of the Civil Service Handbook. VI. ADJOURNMENT: E. Cummings motioned to adjourn the meeting, seconded by L. Zolar. . Meeting adjourned at 8:50P.M. Ernest R. Cummings, M K. O'Connell Assistant Clerk of Commissions