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Y , "' the Ohio General Assembly. Many new sections have been added from time to time to meet the demands of lobby groups or to adapt the law to changing needs. The matter regulating civil service of a city is a matter of municipal concern. In recognition of this face, the State Legislature of Ohio has provided that there shall be a municipal civil service in each city of the state of Ohio. These commissions will have the same powers and duties with respect to civil service of such city as prescribed upon the State Personnel Board of Review and the Director of the Department of Administrative Services unless otherwise provided by local charter or ordinance. For the proper conduct of its word, the civil service commission is given power to draft rules and regulations which are given the force of law, but which may readily be amended or rescinded. Section 4. North Olmsted Civil Service System - Commentary While a civil service system existed before the adoption of the City Charter (effective January 1960), the adherence to former civil service, as well as the expansion, or revision and deletion of civil service rules derive from the O.R.C., the North Olmsted City Charter and local ordinances. Accordingly, members of the commission adopted the North Olmsted Civil Service Rules and Regulations on June 21, 1962. The adopted "Rules and Regulations" were formulated within the following parameters: 1. Rules and regulations must rest upon authorization. 2. Rules and regulations must implement the law into a language that is non-technical and easily understood. 3. Rules and regulations must establish in some details, the technical policies and administrative procedures necessary for successful function of the North Olmsted Civil Service System. 4. Rules and regulations must be consistent and be the basic intent of the law. 5. Part-time employees as determined by the Commission shall be any employee who is employed by the City of North Olmsted up to and including, but not exceeding twenty (20) hours per the designated five day pay schedule work week. 6. Rules and regulations must recognize the limitations of civil service authority. Basic decisions such as the establishment of positions; salary levels for each position and the appropriate funds, allow the North Olmsted City Council to determine the number and caliber of employees, as well as the nature of their duties. I Exhibit A ' iii