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J. Thomay motioned to us the following books for the written test; 1) Building Construction for the Fire services, 3 r edition, 1992. 2) Essentials of Fire Department Customer Service, 1996. 3) Fire Chiefs Handbook, Penwell Publishing, 5th edition chapters 1,2,3,4,6,7,10,15,17,24,25,26,and 27. 4) Incident Management for the Street -Smart Fire Officer, 1997. R. Giesser seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved. Mr. Thomay questioned if new testing dates had been looked into. Mrs. Rote indicated that the testing company gave her dates that they are not available in July which are July 12, 14, 19 or 23`a The testing company would be available any of the other dates in July. Mr. Thomay reviewed that once the new posting is created and posted the candidates must have 30 -days to study. The board briefly looked at the candidate's letters of intent submitted. Mrs. Giesser questioned what would be the earliest date possible to give the test. It was determined that July 8th would be the earliest date. The commissioners reviewed the candidates projected vacation dates and it was found that there was no dates in July that would accommodate the testing company and each of the 5 testing candidates. Mr. O'Malley voiced that it is a dangerous practice to try to set testing dates according to individuals vacation schedules. It is impossible to accommodate everyone, however you are dammed if you do and dammed if you do not. Ms. Giesser stated "the civil service should not have a practice of attempting to schedule tests based on employees vacations". She does not want to start that practice even under these circumstances. The commission should set the testing dates to the first dates the testing company has available. Mr. Thomay called a recess so the clerk could contact the testing company to get available dates and make sure a room is available for the tests. J. Thomay motion to set the new testing dates as follows; Written test Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall. The Oral test will be scheduled for Tuesday, July 15, 2003 starting at 9:00 a.m. in civil service office. Note in the framing of the motion the clerk advised the commissioners that Mrs. Ramsey from the testing company stated there would be no additional charges for moving the testing dates. Ms. Giesser wanted on the record that the dates chosen are dates the testing company had available as they were not available July IOth. R. Giesser seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved. Ms. Giesser questioned how the candidates will be notified that the test will be postponed. Chief Klecan indicated that he would contact each of the candidates to inform them the dates are changed and that he would post the notice at both stations as soon as the clerk got them to him. The clerk indicated that she would bring enough copies of the notice so each candidate could have a copy. V. NEW BUSINESS: To review and determine whether publication of notification for the test scheduled for 6/9 is in compliance with 30 -day notification provision of ORC Section 124.45 (address the issue of complaints and questions raised as a result of the foregoing book selection process). "Addressed above" VA-100F.11163181030,1►51VOIli N Joh6Thomay Chairman ry Date: / Donna Rote Civil Service Secretary 3