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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING CITY COUNCIL CAUCUS ROOM MINUTES — MARCH 16, 2009 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL: Chairman M. Ubaldi called the meeting to order at 7:33 p.m. PRESENT: M. Ubaldi and B. Hohmann ALSO PRESENT: Human Resources Director C. Farver, Assistant Law Director B. O'Malley, Civil Service Secretary D. Eccleston DISPOSITION OF MINUTES: The Civil Service minutes dated February 23, 2009 have been submitted for approval. Mr. Ubaldi made a motion to accept the minutes as submitted. Mr. Hohmann seconded the motion and unanimously approved. 111. COMMUNICATIONS: There was I item of correspondence received and no items of correspondence sent out by the Civil Service Commission. The Commission has received the State annual report from the State Personnel Board of Review. The secretary has completed this form in the past and was reviewed by the Commission. Once accepted, a motion was made to return the completed report back to the State. IP�#]K M-10MM33 Rules and Regulations Handbook The Chairman is reviewing the handbook and hopes to have this task completed in two (2) months time. What was discussed earlier regarding the handbook was some house cleaning of combining the three (3) doc-aments that constitutes the Rules and Regulations Handbook which are: Table of Contents, Preface and the main body of rules. They have been separate for years. The Commission had followed the Legal Opinion 2006-02 from the Law Director, James Dubelko, in regards to changes in the hierarchy. For example the changes that Director Limpert has made both at the Waste Water Treatment Plant and the Service Department; also Director Dailey has made at the Recreation Center. The Commission has home rule authority and there is a very significant power vested in the Commission by Charter and the Charter was amended to make specific reference to the Commission's authority to enact regulations that divert from State Law. In many instances, the rules adopted and incorporate State Law and if there is going to be a conflict with State Law its best that the rules make that fairly clear. Legal Counsel will review the legal opinion and will trace that and ,the Charter ,into the,rule book.