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Ir CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES - MARCH 16,1998 7:30 P.1VL I. ROLL CALL: THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF MARCH 16,1998 WILL NOW COMMENCE.... PRESENT ARE: Chairman Cummings, Commissioner Zolar, Commissioner Thomay, also present are Personal Director Popa, Police officer Kilbane Clerk of Commissions Cornish, and Assistant Clerk of Commissions Rote. H. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES: Any additions or corrections to the minutes of the January 28. 1998 and or February 23, 1998 minutes. L. Zolar motioned to approve the minutes of January 28, 1998 and February 23, 1998. Seconded by E. Cummings and unanimously approved. III. REPORTS: A) There were 13 correspondences received and sent. The secretary read through the :correspondences that were received and sent. For a complete list of such correspondences, please see list attached to end of minutes. IV. OLD BUSINESS: V. NEW BUSINESS: A) The Police Sergeants Written test was held on January 10, 1998. Clancy & Associates administered the examination. The results were revealed at the January 19, 1998 Civil Service meeting. The police officers that participated were notified of their results and given the opportunity to review/protest the written examination. Final results of the written test were distributed to all police officer candidates following the commissions review of any protests. The top 6 candidates were also informed of their seniority and evaluation points and asked to review them for accuracy. Two officers had protests concerning the seniority and evaluation distribution and both protests were submitted to the Law Department for opinion. The assessment test was to be administered by the Ohio Association of Chief's of Police on Saturday, March 14, 1998. The commission needs to make a decision on protests concerning seniority and evaluation then reveal the results, if they have been received. Assistant Clerk Rote stated assessment test results have not been received. E. Cummings stated now would be the time to address the protests from the police department, we will address Mr. Kilbane's request first since he is present. Mr. Kilbane stated that he was informed by a staff representative from the Ohio labor council of police that I'm eligible for seniority credit for service with another municipality within Ohio as long as I'm in the same job classification, I served more then four years with the South Euclid police department prior to being hired by North Olmsted. My attorney researched the case law and found a case out of Lakewood that was identical to my situation here, and it went all the way to the appeals court and they decided that prior police service with another municipality should be counted for seniority credit, and that was held up in the Ohio supreme court decision I referenced to in my letter. So according to the calculations method that the commission is using I believe that I would be entitled to an additional 2.4 points. Mr. Cummings inquired as to how Mr. Kilbane calculated the .4 of the points. Ms. Cornish stated that she had a copy of the scale for the commissioners to look at. Mr. Thomay stated that the law departments letter gave a recommendation as to what they should do. Mr. Cummings stated that the law director recommends that you be granted your points from your last police department, and I'm in agreement with them and am open for a motion on the matter. Ms. Cornish asked the commissioners to please state the amount of points that Mr. Kilbane will be granted in the motion. During the process of Mr. Cummings making a motion two police officers came in the room and ask to speak about Mr. Kilbanes protest. Mr. Cummings stopped his motion and asked the police officers what their names were. Officer Victor Branscum from the North Olmsted police department introduced himself, then Detective David Huspaska introduced himself. Mr. Cummings stated that there were two protest that the board was going over tonight, one is a protest from Mr. Huspaska about points, the other is Mr. Kilbane's protest for additional points. Officer Branscum stated they were here concerning officer Kilbanes