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. ? ??? ,?_~ ?. .,? ?. , CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2007 - 79 BY: Mayor O'Grady AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING FOR A SIXTY DAY PERIOD THE TEMPORARY, PART-TIME FIRE ADMINIS TRA TOR POSITION IN THE NORTH OLMSTED FIRE DEPARTMENT CREATED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2006-157, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, this Council, on September 12, 2006, adopted Ordinance No. 2006-157, which created a temporary, part-time fire administrator position in the Fire Department; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2006-157 specified that the temporary position would terminate on the earliest of the following three events: (1) one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of said temporary appointment, (2) the return of the present Assistant Fire Chief to duty, or (3) the appointment of a new Assistant Fire Chief; and WHEREAS, as the result of circumstances beyond the control of the City Administration, the Assistant Fire Chief never returned to duty, but did not officially retire until February 27, 2007, and this Council accordingly, at the request of the Fire Chief and the Director of Public Safety, adopted Ordinance No. 2007-24, effective March 6, 2007, extending the temporary position for an additional one hundred twenty additional days, which was estimated to be the time needed to conduct a civil service examination, create an eligibility list and appoint a new Assistant Fire Chief; and WHEREAS, the civil service examination was advertised and conducted, but, in an unprecedented development here in North Olmsted, not one captain ar lieutenant applied for the promotion, and only fire fighters took the promotional examination; and WHEREAS, the next Assistant Fire Chief will necessarily be a fire fighter with no fire department management experience, and it is anticipated that this new Assistant Fire Chief will be appointed in accordance with law within thirty days following June 19, 2007, which is the date that it is expected that the eligibility list will be approved by the Civil Service Commission and a candidate certified to the Director of Public Safety; and WHEREAS, the Directar of Public Safety and the Fire Chief desire authority to extend the temparary position of Fire Administrator for sixty days because of the lack of management experience which the new Assistant Fire Chief will necessarily bring to this management position, and so that the Fire Administrator may assist the new Assistant Fire Chief and mentor him in his management duties; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council, acting upon the recommendation of the Director of Public Safety and the Fire Chief, to accordingly extend the temparary position of the part-time Fire Administrator to a date that is sixty days following the effective date of the appointment of the new Assistant Fire Chief;