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v� VI. Service Director, and is a non -bargaining position; compensated salary is in the mid $50's; the current employee will complete his 35th year in July, 2008. This employee has knowledge of construction, reading blue prints, experience with concrete and asphalt, supervisor to bargaining unit employees; knowledge and maintenance of equipment, how to shoot grades, etc. The City advertises in the Plain Dealer for mainly non -bargaining positions. The Animal Warden is another position that was not practicable to test for and was considered classified more easily and appropriately filled by hiring from the direct action by the Administration. The Commission should review in detail before deciding if the Road Foreman is a testable position and if it is considered promotional or entry-level. Some employees may want to test for this position and some may want to remain in the union. The appointing authority does not intend to make a temporary appointment and does not feel that this is a testable position. The Civil Service -Commission, after legal counsel, makes the determination if this position is filled by a direct appointment or a competitive test. Employees have been on the books so long that no one has any recollection on how positions were filled in the past. It is probably also a function of the fact the Service Collective Bargaining Agreement provides for filling vacancies and as a result for Service the promotions are done through the labor contract instead of through the Civil Service testing as in Police and Fire and as with done at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. Mr. Ubaldi indicated that that would be one aspect contributing to the determination. The appointing authority should be presenting to the Commission the vacancy and intent to proceed or asking not to hold a competitive examination. An example was the Building Commissioner pleading his case that one Building Inspector needs to have a plumbing certification and that under the Board of Building Standards the City has to have a certified plumbing inspector. A general discussion followed regarding testable/non-testable positions; designing and administering the test in house; out sourcing to testing agencies. The Commission's concerns would be if this is a testable or non: testable position; if the examination is entry-level or -promotional; if a reasonable amount of applicants will show up. The Law Department will send the Commission an opinion by the next meeting. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Ubaldi made a motion to adjourn at 8:11 p.m. Mr. Hohmann, seconded the motion and unanimously approved. P// Ubaldi, Civil Service 7/ -Z, I /x Date Donna Eccleston, Civil Service Secretary