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City of North Olmsted, Charter Review Commission Meeting Minutes Wednesday, June 11, 2008 In attendance: All members are present except Daniel Rahm v A Michael Gareau , WfP 4 a George Nashar �� 28 7(18 John Thomay Tim Roshetko j h 'ES t. Jennifer Ontko Lou Brossard Call to Order at 7:05 Wednesday, June 11., 2008 by Mike Gareau. Agendas and materials were distributed to everyone. Approval of Minutes: Mr. Nashar makes a motion that minutes are passed as distributed. Mr. Thomay seconds the motion Unanimous agreement. Motion passed Discussion of proposed Charter Amendments: Mr. Gareau suggests that we get audience participation and then discuss as a committee. Ordinance No. 2008-69 - - This proposalis. make the.Fire Chief .no longer classified,as-.civil service and. will. be. appointed by the Mayor. Lisa Thomas the Director of Public Safety has prepared a statement to read in favor of adopting this ordinance. Her observations are that good management -is riot on the same par as emergency response. Fire fighters emphasis is on emergency response not good management. Police are more disciplined and follow the rules. One example is failing to implement legislation enacted by city council and the total lack of discipline is another. Solon and Middleburg Heights appoints their Fire Chief. Appointment does not preclude insiders from applying. The goal is to find the candidate who can manage effectively. The number of fires is going down while EMS response increases. She gave an example where experts from homeland security led a training session in our city back in May. They stressed that the most experience leader in an emergency should lead, which is usually not the Chief. Michael Ubaldi is the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission. He does not have strong feelings.one way or the other, he just wants to clarify by asking questions and understand the motivation for the amendment. He would like more concrete examples.