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1-1 CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 5200 Dover Center Road • North Olmsted, Ohio 44070 Phone: 777-8000 Ext. 232 Fax: 777-5889 CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 9,1997 I. ROLL CALL: THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF JUNE 9,1997 WILL NOW COMMENCE.... PRESENT ARE: Chairman Cummings; Commissioner Zolar; Commissioner Benjamin; Acting Union President Vance; Personnel DirectorWilamosky; and Assistant Clerk of Commissions Cornish. H. DISPOSITION OF NIINUTES: Any additions or corrections,to the muiuies of May 19, 1997. III. REPORTS: IV. OLD BUSINESS ; A) Report on handbook Afthe December 1996 meeting the civil service commission voted to declare the June 1996 handbook a suggestion§ workbook. All directors and.department heads have received a, copy of the Juneedition on disk or via e-mail for their review.. -The fire department' and thie law department provided'suggestions at the January 27;,;1997meeting. Mr. Wilamosky presented his; first draft copy of suggestions for changes on March 4, 1997. The Law Department_has,sinoe recommended changes to this original draft. Mr. Wilamosky'incorporated these suggestions into his second draft; submitted on March 13, 1992 The commission began reviewing the Administration's Suggestions`at the March 24; 1997 meeting and shall continue with page 16 of this second draft. 55 '•;.. The commission began reviewing page 16 -of the admnnstrauon suggestions :`Mr: Vance, acting president of the firefighters union, had some questions peft auung"to previous pages. He noted on page 11 there was a part,•b added -to,' section 4. The suggestion reads,as follows: "Credit for efficiency and seniority m.promotional examinations shall be added t&the,applicant's total score for the written and/or ori&portions of the exam. Credit willnot be added to the applicants score on the written portion of the examination alone,,:but only after -completion of all portions of the examination process." The' corresponding;page.would be page 9, of the current edition of the handbook, however the verbiage has;changed. Mi' Vance questioned the change. NIr. Wilamosky believed this verbiage was similar to what was suggested by Chief Osterhouse in cooperation with the Union Executive Committee. Mr. Vance advised the oral section of the lieutenants examination is a recent addition.- The current handbook states "Credit for efficiency and seniority in promotional examinations within the Fire and Police Departments shall not be a part of; but shall be a credit to be added to the applicant's grade resulting from the competitive examination, provided the applicant receives a passing grade in the competitive examination." In the past it was clarified the competitive examination includes all portions of the test. As there was past confusion on what the competitive examination entails, Mr. Cummings confirmed this additional verbiage was added for clarification purposes. Mr. Wilamosky wondered if Mr. Vance had some concerns about the wording, as he did not want to propose anything that may create a conflict. Mr. Vance advised a grievance was filed several months back regarding when seniority and evaluation points