1. The Civil Service Commission shall consist of three (3) electors of the City not holding any other City office to be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by a majority of members of Council to serve staggered terms of six (6) years, with one (1) member's term expiring every two (2) years on January 1, following a Regular Municipal Election. A vacancy occurring during the term of a member of the Civil Service Commission shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment was made. The civil service of the City is divided into the unclassified and classified service.
(A) The unclassified service shall include all elected, appointed and employed persons of the City except those included in the classified service.
(B) The classified service shall consist of all Police Officers and Fire Fighters who are appointed and/or promoted by competitive civil service examination, excluding the Chief and any Deputy Chief of the Police Department and the Chief and any Deputy Chief of the Fire and Rescue Department, to be known as the safety forces. Council, by Ordinance, shall create each rank in the safety forces and the number of persons to serve in each rank. Such Ordinance shall be known as the table of organization.
2. Appointments and promotions within the classified service of the City shall be determined on the basis of merit and fitness and in the manner provided for cities by the Constitution and the general laws of the State of Ohio, except as otherwise provided in this Charter or City Ordinance. The Civil Service Commission shall adopt rules and regulations implementing the provisions of the general law and as to any matter not controlled by the general law may provide by general rule therefor, except:
(A) That the Civil Service Commission may by rule establish a probationary period of not more than two (2) years for persons appointed to the Classified Service; and
(B) The percentage of any other job related training and/or education credit or military service may be established by rule of the Civil Service Commission. Notwithstanding the percentage of each such credit established by rule of the Civil Service Commission, the total additional credit which may be added to any passing grade on an entrance examination shall not exceed ten percent (10%).
3. All rules promulgated by the Civil Service Commission shall be approved by Council. (Amended 11-7-17)