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1973-131 OrdinanceORDINANCE 197 3 - 131 OFFERED BY Mr. Bartelstone ESTABLISHING PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS AND METHODS OF THE SELECTION OF SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAiRLAWN: Section 1: As used in this Ordinance the terms "supervisory employee" and "supervisory position" shall mean any police officer above the rank of patrolman and below the rank of Chief. Section 2: No person shall be employed for or promoted to a supervisory position except by the procedures established by this Ordinance. No person shall be employed for or promoted to a supervisory position unless he has met the standards of qualification established by this Ordinance. Section 3: The standards of qualification for employment or promotion to a upervisory position shall be: A. The qualifications established in Section 3 o~ Ordinance 1972-95, excluding the maximum age provision in Section 3-C, thereof. B. Satisfactory completion of twenty (20) hours of advance specialized training by approved professional associations or 24 college credit hours in law enforcement study. Advance specialized training is beyond the minimum base training hours for police officers required by the Ohio Peace Officers Train- ing Council. C. The passing of written examinations specified in Section 4-C of this Ordinance. D. A recommendation of a Committee selected as provided in Section 6d of Ordinance 1972-95, based upon interview scores determined according to Table 1 therein set out, with the following additions: 'Category Maximum'Point Value 13. Police experience (nature) 14. Police experience (quality of past performance) 15. Knowledge of duties of position applied for 10 30 10 E. Minimum years of service prescribed by State Code. Section 4: The procedures for employment for or promotion to a supervisory position shall be: A. Notice of employment opportunity shall be as provided in Section 2 of Ordinance 1972-95. B. The'procedures prescribed by Section 4 or Ordinance 1972-95. C. Within 15 days after closing of the application period, examin- ations shall be scheduled for those qualifying under the preceding subparagraph B of this Section 4. Such examinations shall be in writing and administered by a qualified examiner or examiners selected by the Director of Public Safety. Such examinations shall be designed to test the applicant for intelligence, psychological fitness, and aptitutde as indicated in Section 5 of Ordinance 1972-95, and for fulfillment of any special requirements established for the position by the Safety Director and the Safety Committee of the Council. Ordinan'ce 1973-131 Ordinance 1973-131, page 2 D. Selection of the top three tested candidates shall be made by the Committee specified in Section 3-D of this ordinance, and forwarded to the Director of Public Safety with a specific recommendation for employment. Upon approval by the Safety Committee of the procedures employed to ~elect the candidates, appointment shall be made by the Director of Public Safety. Section 5: For good cause shown, the Council upon request of the Director of Public Safety and recommendation of the Safety Committee may waive one or more of the procedures or qualifications established in this ordinance; provided however that any applicant who believes himself to be aggrieved by any such waiver shall be heard by the Safety Committee and promptly after such hearing the said Committee shall sustain or deny such grievance. There shall be no appeal from the finding or decision of the Committee on such grievance. Section 6: Any appointment or promotion to a supervisory position shall be conditional upon satisfactory performance, of the duties of such position for a minimum period of six (6) months from the date of employment or promotion and thereafter for not more than three (3) additional months until the Committee referred to in Section 3-D of this Ordinance shall certify to the Safety Director such satisfactory performance of duties. Section 7: Completion of all procedures prescribed by this Ordinance shall not preclude the right of the Safety Director, after consultation with the Safety Committee, to leave said position unfilled and order retesting, if in his review, he determines that no candidate has demonstrated a capacity for the position. Section 8: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after thirty days after its enactment. Passed December 3, 1973 /.... William F. Reed Clerk of Council President of Council Approved December 5, , 1973 / s~ph~ .1. Hartlaub, Mayor {../'- Approved as to form: Douglas D..~ok, DireCtor of Law -. I, William F. Reed, Clerk of Council of the City of Fairlawn, Summit County, Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance 1973-131 was duly and regularly passed by the Council at a Regular Meeting on December 3, 1973. This is to certify th~,t on._ p~,¢,, K,__19';3 the by witi]'n Ordinance/R'...~',!."lt;~i'::~n was published postin8 a trt~e copy of tho same in five public places witl~in the City as prescribed in Ord. 1972-108. __ . '- ~,z '~."~ 't'"-~"-_~. -. - · -' William F. Reed Clerk of Council .. ,.,: '~, ~'.~.,. William F. Reed, Clerk of ~uncil Ordinance 1973-131