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City of North Olmsted City Council Meeting Michael Ubaldi March 22, 2011 Page 77 Page 79 i to his retirement from the North Olmsted Police i the North Olmsted Civil Service Commission." 2 Department? z MR. JAMISON: Nothing further, 3 A. No, I did not. 3 Mr. President. 4 Q. After March 1st did you get formal notice? 4 MR. LIMPERT: Thank you very much. s A. Yes. s MR. CARSON: Just one very quick 6 _ _ 6 question -- no, I've changed my mind. ~ (Thereupon, Plaintiff's Exhibit 8, Letter ~ We'll move along with no questions. Thank s from Chief Wozniak, was marked for purposes s you. 9 of identification.) s MR. LIMPERT: Are there any io _ _ _ _ io questions from members of council at this ii Q. Mr. Ritenauer, handing you what we've marked as ii time? 12 Plaintiffs Exhibit 8, can you identify that, 12 Yes, Mr. Barker. 13 please. 13 MR. BARKER: Mr. Ritenauer, again 14 A. Sure. This is the memo from Chief Wozniak to me 14 for clarification, you had no knowledge of 15 dated March 2, 2011 indicating that, "At this 15 Chief Wozniak's May 6th date until March i6 time I'm writing to officially set the date for i6 2nd? i~ my retirement from the City of North Olmsted i~ THE WITNESS: He had talked about is Police Department. I will be retiring effective is it at numerous times throughout the i9 May 6, 2011." i9 beginning of the year when it could 20 Q. Do you remember when you received this? 20 potentially be, but in terms of date ' 21 A. It was sometime in the afternoon, actually. 1 21 ~, certain, until 1 received that notice, I 2z believe it was at 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon 22 don't make any moves in terms of notifying z3 during our meeting he brought this memo in. 23 the Commission until I know date certain. 24 Q. Okay. 24 But he had talked about at some i 2s A. On March 2nd. 2s point the first week of May potentially. Page 78 Page 80 i O. And again, this copy that we have in front of i MR. BARKER: So date certain, and 2 you, that's been kept in the ordinary course of z we talked about this, is the starting point 3 business in your position of safety director? 3 for you as the appointing authority to 4 A. Yes. 4 start the ball rolling for a test for that s Q. Okay. Now subsequent to receiving that from 5 position? 6 Chief Wozniak on March 2nd, did you then notify s THE WITNESS: Right. Once I saw ~ the Civil Service Commission of the vacancy of ~ that it was May 6th officially in his a that, of the police chief position? a resignation memo to me, then I made s A. Yes, I did. s arrangements to make notice to the Civil io _ _ _ _ io Service Commission. ii (Thereupon, Plaintiffs Exhibit 9, letter to ii MR. BARKER: And again, you 1z the Civil Service Commission, was marked for 12 received that letter March 2nd, and then 13 purposes of identification.) 13 you sent a letter to the Civil Service 14 - - - - 14 Commission on March 2nd? is Q. Handing you what we've marked as Plaintiffs is THE WITNESS: I sent the notice to ~ i6 Exhibit 9, can you identify that document, i6 them on March 10th in anticipation of their 17 please. 17 regular scheduled March meeting. is A. Sure. This is my letter to the North Olmsted ie MR. BARKER: Thank you. i9 Civil Service Commission indicating that, "Police i9 MR. LIMPERT: No other questions 20 Chief Wayne Wozniak has submitted his resignation 20 from council? In that case -- 21 and will be retiring on May 6, 2011. Therefore, zl MR. MAHONEY: One moment, 22 as the appointing authority, I respectfully z2 Mr. President. 23 requested the Civil Service Commission to begin z3 MR. LIMPERT: Yes, Councilman z4 the process of testing for the position of police 24 Mahoney. 25 chief compliant with the rules and regulations of 25 MR. MAHONEY: Mr. Ritenauer, if in Mehler & Hagestrom (20) Page 77 -Page 80 800.822.0650