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to find out if the program should be accepting the shortcuts. She reviewed that there was a study guide that each candidate would receive subsequent to taking the test. Mr. Cummings inquired as to if the Personnel Director; Jan Popa had viewed the test. The clerk suggested that Ms. Popa had not reviewed the program as of yet, but that Safety Director, Tom Jenkins and Assistant Director of Human Resources, Chris Allegra both indicated that they would review the test and give their opinion. The clerk reviewed the study guide and there was discussion regarding what would be done if the program did not recognize shortcuts. Mr. Thomay questioned if there were time limits to the test. The clerk reviewed that the typing test could be set at 5minutes or 3minutes. It was further reviewed that there were sections of the test that the commission could set time limits on. The clerk reviewed Mr. Jenkins suggestion of looking into having the North Olmsted City Schools help purchase the program so that they could also use it in their classrooms. As the review date for the test ends September 6, 1999, Mr. Jenkins suggested purchasing 1 license for now and using it for awhile. Once it has been determined that the Civil Service is going to purchase additional licenses the company could be asked to apply the dollar amount spent on the first license to the remaining 14 licenses needed. The clerk reviewed that the test itself would take about 1 1/2 hours to take. Mr. Thomay indicated he did not think the testing company would agree to the licenses being made out to the Public Schools and City Halla Fire Chief Bak suggested maybe looking into the City purchasing the licenses and then having a riders' fee for the schools so they could also use the program. Mr. Thomay questioned if there was a fee that the company charged each time the test was used. The clerk indicated that there would be no additional fees other than the yearly updating charge. Mr. Cummings suggested the City purchasing the testing program and having the licenses made out to the Schools with the understanding that the City would be allowed to utilize the testing program when needed. There was a discussion regarding the City not being able to make sure the program was not copied once it was placed on the computers. The clerk indicated that the program was setup is such a way that to even open the program the person trying to access it would have to have the password. Mr. Thomay questioned how much room the program would take on the hard drive. The clerk indicated that she was not sure how much space the program would take up on the hard drive. The clerk reviewed that the testing company submitted a letter indicating that the test was year 2000 compliant. Mr. Cummings indicated that the $6,000.00 dollar fee was less than what the Civil Service paid in the past, to testing companies to come in and give a test. The City would own the test and could utilize it at any time. The updating fee is minimal and would only need to be done every other year, as the lists are good for two years at a time. Mr. Thomay suggested that he thought the City would have to upgrade every year to stay current. J. Thomay motioned to authorize the clerk to purchase one license from OPAC with the provision that the City be allowed to be credited the initial $1,000.00 dollar purchase towards subsequent licenses later. This purchase is to be made if the OPAC company will not extend the clerk additional reviewing time of their test. The motion was seconded by E. Cummings and unanimously approved. V. NEW BUSINESS: 1). The Commissioners will need to make a motion regarding Police Chief Ruple's request to have Candidates 1, 2, 3 and 4 removed from the entry level police list.