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promotional appointment. A suggestion was made regarding Section 1 b sub section i to replace "except as otherwise provided within the Ohio Revised Code Sections 124,44 and 124.45" with "pursuant to the Charter Article 6, Section 4." The reason for the amended change is because then the rules become subservient to the State Statute, The Commission can deviate from State Law. Mr, Ubaldi made a motion to amend the Rules and Regulations Handbook as provided including the change by legal counsel. Ms. Zolar seconded the motion and unanimously approved, Promotional Police Lieutenant Examination Ordinance 2007-68 was passed February 5, 2008 and created Chapter 112, Personal Services Contracts. The Personal Services Contracts is a professional service. The scope of the Chapter includes any expenditure of funds. If the amount is less than $25,000 then the procedure in the City's ordinance dictate how that is to be conducted. In Section 112.05a, there is great deal of leeway to select a firm, negotiate a proposal and it may not be through a great deal of advertising and is not as formal. This procedure must be competitive and objective in turns of the selection so that parties that are interested in providing the personal services have a level playing field and an opportunity to pursue that contract, The Commission simply cannot turn to Ramsey & Associates to test even though this testing firm has been retained since 2006 and have conducted at least a half a dozen of promotional and entry-level examinations for the City of North Olmsted. The Commission will have to send out for Request for Qualifications. The request for fee schedule for services rendered will be included in the proposal and the introduction states for a period of two (2) years which is reasonable and the terms and conditions of the contract are within the scope of the Commission's endeavor. The Commission can then review submissions of Statements of Qualifications that are received from firms and make a decision at next month's meeting. Unfortunately that will put the process a month behind. The amount budgeted .for Pre -Employment Testing was revised to $11,400 which would be for the Promotional Police Lieutenant as well as the potential Promotional Police Sergeant examinations. The Human Resources Director indicated today the Administration was notified that Police Sergeant Simon Cesareo will be retiring on April 10`x' of this year; therefore, there will be a need for a Police Sergeant's test. There will be two positions vacant; one from the candidate that will be promoted to Police Lieutenant and the retirement. If the City ultimately comes to an agreement that binds it for a period of two years, the amount that was put into the 2010 budget should be reviewed again and the Commission may want an increase. The budget has not been approved; budget hearings will be held in March so a modest increase can be submitted to the Finance Director. The timeline for the Promotional testing was tentatively set to have the notice of the test sent on Wednesday, February 24'x', letters of intent for the candidates that wish to compete due by the first Friday of March. The test would have been held Saturday, March 27"' and the Oral Assessment on March 31". A special meeting would have taken place and the Commission could have had an appointment by the first or second week of April. The Police Lieutenant and Sergeant's test can be run simultaneously and the Commission can immediately fill the vacant positions. A general discussion commenced regarding if positions are required to be filled by a certain amount time. State Code 124.44, which applies to Police, has a 60 day requirement; however, according to our Charter, Civil Service Commission can deviate from State Law and has endeavored to do so. Specifically because of the 60 day requirement, the Commission worked very diligently in the past to meet this deadline and found it to be difficult. The Commission moved to amend its rules to allow for this cycle to take more than 60 days. An example was given pertaining to the