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fti Captains and Lieutenants written exams will be given at the same time. The Fire Chiefs _ Association would like to give the written exam for both Captain and Lieutenants on Friday, July 30, 1999, at 7:OOpm in Old Town Hall. The Oral Assessment for Captains on Saturday, August 14, 99. The Oral Assessment for Lieutenants on Saturday, September 25, 99, both Oral Assessments will be administered in the Mayors Conference room. The Commissioners will need to make a motion on whether or not the above dates are acceptable and set the passing score for the written exams. Mr. Cummings asked if there were any questions regarding the recommended dates, and indicated that if there were no questions he would like to accept the dates as submitted. No further comments were made. E. Cummings motion to set the promotional exams as follows: Captains & Lieutenants written exam to be, Friday, July 30, 1999, at 7:OOpm, in Old Town Hall. The Fire Captains Oral Assessment will be Saturday, August 14, 1999, in the Mayors conference room. The Lieutenants Oral Assessment will be Saturday, September 25, 1999 in the Mayors Conference room. The motion was seconded by J. Thomay and unanimously approved. Motion Carried. Mr. Cummings indicated that it was recommended that the passing score of the Fire Lieutenants written exam should be set at 80%, and asked for comments. The Clerk reviewed that there would be two Lieutenant slots that will need to be filled, and there will be 19 Fire Fighters taking the written exam. She reviewed that the way the Civil Service handbook is written each candidate that passes the written test is entitled to participate in the oral assessment as seniority and evaluation points are not added until the oral assessment is completed. Setting the passing score at 80% will lower the number of candidates that will take the oral assessment. Fire Chief Bak indicated that the section of the Civil Service handbook which covers when seniority and evaluation points are added to the candidates score had been changed since the last Fire promotional exam was administered. The last time a promotional exam was given for the Fire Department the seniority and evaluation points were added after the written exam. Only the top 6 ranking candidates were allowed to participate in the oral assessment. By setting the passing score at 80% it will help keep the Civil Service department from having to give 19 Fire Fighters an oral assessments. In the last promotional exam the average candidate scored between 75% and 79%. Mr. Cummings indicated he thought setting the passing score at 80% would keep the number of candidates taking the oral assessment to a minimum. J. Thomay motion to set the Fire Lieutenants written passing score at 80% and the Fire Captains written passing score at 70 %. The motion was seconded by L. Zolar, and unanimously approved. Motion Carried. 2). Fire Chief, Bak is present to review the suggested changes the Fire department would like to see made in the Civil Service Handbook. Fire Chief, Bak commented that he reviewed the Civil Service Handbook and would like to recommend a few changes. He indicated the areas that were reviewed were new candidates and promotions. The change he would like to see for entry level openings, page 5 section VII, the candidate must presently have his/her Paramedic certification to participate in the entry-level test. He would like to see candidates that are currently enrolled in a Paramedic 2