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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED SPECIAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING CITY COUNCIL CAUCUS ROOM MINUTES - MARCH 30, 2010 7:00 P.M. I. ROLL CALL: Chairman M. Ubaldi called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. PRESENT: M. Ubaldi and D. Dargaj ALSO PRESENT: Director of Human Resources C. Farver, Asst. Law Director B. O'Malley, Two Law Students, Civil Service Secretary D. Eccleston II. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES: III. COMMUNICATIONS: IV. OLD BUSINESS: V. NEW BUSINESS: Interview Testing Companies The purpose of this special meeting is to interview the two (2) testing companies who scored the highest on the Statements of Qualifications submitted this past month. The first interview is Gerald Barrett of Barrett & Associates. The City has two (2) vacancies; a Police Lieutenant and Police Sergeant. The Commission would like to hold two (2) tests concurrently. The Lieutenant's test would have potentially five (5) candidates and the Sergeant's test would have approximately thirty- six (36) candidates. In the past for ranks below Police Captain, the Civil Service Commission used a combination of a written examination and oral assessment. In 2006 the Commission used an oral assessment for Police Chief and Captain. After the Commission selects the testing company and has received approval from the Board of Control, they will go ahead and finalize the details. The Commission must notify the candidates thirty (30) days in advance prior to the testing date. Roughly, the target date for the written examination for the Police Lieutenant would be Saturday, May 15tH Barrett & Associates does not use educational experience for safety forces. This process is more for jobs such as architects. They custom design everything and the most typical test would be an in basket, an oral and a job knowledge test. Those three (3) components are designed to measure separate dimensions. A job analysis is completed first to find out what are the duties of a Police Lieutenant and Police Sergeant. This process would usually take about two (2) weeks and Barrett & Associates approach usually consists of interviewing the incumbents, supervisors and Chief and/or the designees. The job analogy exam is the written examination. In the past, the Commission has used the oral assessment as a second round in which the majority of the lower scoring candidates are eliminated and the top so many candidates go on to the oral assessment. Barrett & Associates does not utilize that process because of litigation but has set up tests using this procedure. The trend