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name on the list. The appointing authority must notify the Commission in writing of their intent. Motion passed unanimously. Open, Competitive Fire Chief Promotional Process Commissioner Hayes met with the Human Resources Director, Safety Director and the Mayor regarding the competencies for the Fire Chief position. He also had a phone conversation with the Law Director regarding the same. The outcome of his research was leadership, communication skills, sense of duty and education. Chairman Barrett had previously reviewed the job description and the packet that was provided by Mr, Evans from Poly-Tech. Most of the municipalities' examples included education and certifications. Some of the certifications included were Executive Fire Officer Certification, Fire Inspector Certification, NIMS 400 (National Incident Management System), EMT and Paramedic certifications. Some municipalities had given the candidate a one (1) year window to obtain certification. A general discussion commenced regarding the contents of the job description which include educational requirements, leadership responsibility, certifications, experience, etc. The job description is the foundation of the process. Chairman Barrett moved, seconded by Commissioner Hayes to accept the job description as discussed with the changes that the Commission would like to see: Executive Fire Officer is desirable; Fire Inspector is required; EMT and/or Paramedic are required. Roll Call: Chairman Barrett,yes; Commissioner Hayes, yes; Commissioner Ubaldi, abstained. Motion passed. A draft for Rule III, Police and Firefighter Promotions, was provided to the testing company by the Assistant Law Director for their review. Based upon the models that were provided by the testing company, they indicated that the rules are not necessarily the place where you do all the work. As an example, Akron has open and competitive testing and their rules do not comment on it to any - great exte—n-U-T e City of North Olmsted s Civil Service rules do not have to iron out every detail of the process; all it has to do is enable that to occur. A lot of the details then would be in the invitation for-the test itself. Int e current Civil Service rules, it precludes us from having an open and competitive examination. The Commission would have to add language for open and competitive testing for Fire Chief. In reviewing the proposed draft for Rule 1I1, there is a new subsection 1 e which addresses the subject of an examination notice. Section 2c, d and e are new subsections and addresses written notification of a Fire Chief vacancy, open and competitive testing, public notice and certify top applicant. Chairman Barrett moved, seconded by Commissioner Hayes, that the Commission adopt the draft of Rule III: add Section 1c, Section 2c, Section 2d; striking from the draft "as provided in Section 4 and as otherwise determined by the Commission" and Section 2e. Roll Call: Chairman Barrett,yes; Commissioner Hayes, yes; Commissioner Ubaldi, abstained. Motion passed. Commissioner Hayes requested an updated rule book and a color copy of the drafted rules. He also commented that the Commission received notification for the retirement of Fire Chief Klecan from