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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING CITY COUNCIL CAUCUS ROOM MINUTES - FEBRUARY 24, 2014 7:00 P.M. I. ROLL CALL: Chairman J. Barrett called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. PRESENT: J. Barrett, M. Hayes and K. Rahm ALSO PRESENT: Asst. Law Director B. O'Malley, S. Barrett, and Civil Service Secretary D. Eccleston II. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES: The Civil Service minutes dated January 27, 2014 have been submitted for approval Chairman Barrett moved, seconded by Commissioner Rahm, to approve the January 27, 2014 minutes as submitted. Motion passed unanimously. III. COMMUNICATIONS: There were 3 items of correspondence received and 4 items of correspondence sent out by the Civil Service Commission. At the end of the meeting Mr. O'Malley advised that he cannot report to the Commission that the decision regarding the removal of Brian Bielozer's name from the Police Sergeant Eligible List has been taken up on appeal; we have not received any notice of appeal but we are waiting. The appeal would go to the Common Pleas Court which serves a role of an appellant division. The scope is very narrow and is confined to the transcript; this is not supposed to be a whole new hearing. IV. OLD BUSINESS: Rule II, Entry -Level Applicant Qualifications At the prior meeting, Stark State College was suggested by Fire Chief Schepp for agility testing. The only difference between Tri -C and Stark State is the height of the tower. Tri -C is three (3) stories high and Stark State is five (5) stories high. With Tri -C, you have to complete the exercise twice. Also, Tri -C has a notary on board which means once the applicant passes the agility test they receive their certificate the same day. Stark State does not have a notary and would take about a week to process the certifications; however, they can work with the Commission if we so desire. The benefit for utilizing Stark State College is to give the applicant another opportunity to submit a valid agility certification with their Entry -Level Firefighter/Paramedic application. Mr. O'Malley indicated he had some observations on the draft of Rule 11. In Section 8a, the objective to insert the language "at the time of application" is consistent with prior discussions to require the agility test to be actually performed before the applicant sits for the exam and the deletion of the 90 day agility submission would relate to prior discussions as well. However, the