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VI. Plant which is subject to it, The complication to that is whether or not the position can simply be advertised as it is with no requirement of license depending upon the needs of the Treatment Plant or depending on the interchangeability of these positions whether one may take a test for any number of these. A discussion followed concerning the Collective Bargaining Agreement; promotions; and job bidding. The most recent signed labor contract by AFSCME exempts promotion from Civil Service, Under Section 4117.10a of the Ohio Revised Code, the parties' collective bargaining agreement can override the Civil Service systems, The determination of classified versus unclassified, classified competitive and classified non-competitive is a function of the Commission by virtue of the Charter. The Civil Service Commission has the authority to determine as an entry-level matter how these classified positions are filled. The AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article IXX, Title, Promotions, Bidding Transfer and Job Training, states in Section 19.01 "No Civil Service exam shall be given for promotions to job classifications covered by this agreement." Entry -Level positions are not covered by the labor contract because they are not employees of the City at that time. The labor contract obligates the Administration to post internally when there is a vacancy and the current employees are given a chance to bid on it. After the bidding process is concluded and there are no internal applicants, the administration will go outside. A general discussion followed regarding filling a vacancy; promotion; lateral transfers; organizational charts; and family of jobs. The Administration amended some of the language in Section 19 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement that allows the Employer to look at the experience, skill and ability and not just the family of jobs. If the pay grade is the same for the different job classes that would be a lateral transfer whereas if the pay grade was higher it would be a promotion. The Commission should make the designation of classifications consistent where ever possible and exercise its authority; therefore, a suggestion was made that the positions of Equipment Operator, Operator, Sludge Handler and Maintenance Technician should be classified. The Commission received some information from the Service Director regarding positions that were included in the reorganization of the Treatment Plant and documents supplied by the former Service Director, Duane Limpert. A suggestion was made to invite the Service Director and if necessary, the Union next month. In order to come up with an up to date list of positions, the Commission would have to use the organizational charts that City Council approved. If the Commission wants job descriptions the Human Resources Director can provide them. The Chairman has consolidated all of these positions and placed them in an order that is equivalent to the organizational chart that he was provided by Duane Limpert and Sharon Schlemmer in 2009. A discussion then followed concerning Operator Laborer's classification and the tentative classification list. The Chairman concluded that he would like to revisit this issue in December. The Human Resources Director indicated the Administration has Labor Management meetings with AFSCME quarterly and this would be the type of matter that management would bring to them and would let the staff representative know if that is what the Commission wants. The Commission's only issues would be classification of positions and only a look at Entry -Level examinations for positions that the Commission deemed to be classified. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Ubaldi made a motion to adjourn at 8:45 p.m. Mr. Barrett seconded the motio and u ously approved. 5 !��/A ervice Chairman t Date Donna Eccleston, Civil Service Secretary