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I Mrs. Rote asked to be allowed to give Mr. Robertson anca ivir. awan ineir IM resuIL packets as they were present. Both Mr. Robertson and Mr. Swan accepted their test result packets before leaving the meeting. Mrs. Rote indicated that she would deliver Mr. Guts result packet to his home on her way home from the meeting. J. Thomay motion to certify the final list. R. Giesser seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved. Cuvahok,a Community College Agility Testing Program RepresentativeIspeaker. Mr. Thomay invited Mr. Ehasz from the Cuyahoga Community College to present his agility program. Mr. Ehasz presented each Commissioner a copy of a memo from Cuyahoga Civil Service Chairman R. Novak encouraging the commission to partake in the program. The buy in is a one-time payment of $2, 000.00 and there will never be a fee for the City again. Each candidate that takes the test is provided a card certifying that they have passed the agility test and it is good for one year. Each candidate whom takes the agility test pays out of his or her own pocket a $40.00 fee for the certification which includes a prep course. At this point in the meeting, Mr. Ehasz presented a slide show reviewing the program and the company, which will be doing the validation for the College. The topics reviewed in the presentation were as follows; * Organizational Chart, * Police Agility Testing, * Who is fit force, * Validation, Construct/ Criterion Validation, *Types of Validation, * Job Related nature of Physical, * Selection of Physical performance tests, * Norms VS Standards, *Absolute standard, * Civil Rights Act of 1991, * Law infers absolute single standards are required, * How will fit Force and CCC validate the standard, * How will fit force and CC continue to validate the standard, * Benefits, * Why Tri - C? In addition* Contact numbers. The Officers from each community will in fact become an instructor and will be qualified to administer the tests. This will also be an opportunity for the officer to earn extra money off duty. Mr. Ehasz suggested that the college would hold agility tests four times a year, with a five-day work session to prepare each candidate to take the test. He questioned how much the city was currently paying to administer agility tests. Mrs. Rote reviewed that currently the city invites the top ranking 40 candidates to take agility test at a cost of $75.00 a candidate for a total of $3,000 a test. It would also condense the testing time by up to 6 weeks for completing an exam as the 2 -week notice for invites to the agility and the 30 -day preparation time to take the agility test would be eliminated. Board members questions; Mrs. Giesser questioned what would happen if one of the top ranking written candidates had not receive their certification. Mr. Ehasz indicated that the commission would need to state in their advertisement that all candidates would need to take the Tri -C agility test and have a current certificate of completion before the date of hire. Mr. O'Malley questioned if the commission was currently only testing the top 30 candidates of the written test now. The Commission would have to establish rules to regulate what meets the criteria of the agility as well as when they would have to have the certificate. The wording for the Civil Service Handbook would be something the commission would need to carefully examine, as there are many issues involved. He questioned what would be involved for a police officer to be part of the program. Mr. Ehasz indicated that