(a) Initial Appointments.
(1) When there is a vacancy or a vacancy appears imminent in the Police or Fire Department in a position to be filled by an initial appointment, the Mayor shall review the standing eligibility list and then name candidates for appointment pursuant to division (a)(2) of this section. The named candidates shall then complete the psychological and physical health examinations pursuant to Section 246.06(a)(3) and may be subject to a lie detector test administered by a company designated by the Village. The Mayor, either solely or with the assistance of the chief of the department for which the appointment will be made, or any other Village officer, may conduct interviews of the candidates.
(2) When only one position is to be filled, the Mayor shall appoint from the top ten candidates on the eligibility list. If more than one position is to be filled, the Mayor shall appoint from the top fifteen candidates who remain on the list and who are willing to accept consideration for the position. In the extraordinary circumstance where all candidates eligible for consideration for appointment based upon the foregoing methodology are not, in the Mayor's sole discretion, acceptable candidates for the position, the Mayor may proceed down the eligibility list in order until an acceptable candidate is found.
(3) Should a candidate refuse, for any reason, to accept appointment in the Fire or Police Departments when first offered by the Mayor, such candidate's name shall be removed from the eligible list, and such candidate shall be ineligible to be reinstated on such list. After the expiration of such eligible list, the candidate shall be eligible to reapply to take any subsequent examination for initial appointment in the Fire or Police Departments. A person who has been considered for appointment by the Mayor from an eligibility list more than three times to the same position may be omitted from future consideration by the Mayor. When the number of persons on the eligibility list is less than the number from which the Mayor may choose, under subsection (a)(2) above, appointment from that eligibility list shall not be mandatory and a new eligibility list may be created pursuant to the process set forth in this chapter.
(Ord. 2012-32. Passed 5-9-12; Ord. 2012-81. Passed 8-8-12; Ord. 2017-98. Passed 12-13-17.)