When a vacancy occurs in the position or office of Police Chief, Fire Chief, Assistant Police Chief or Assistant Fire Chief of the City of Defiance, Ohio, this Charter permits filling these vacancies from inside and outside the Police or Fire Divisions.
The Civil Service Commission, on the basis of merit and fitness, shall determine the qualifications of each applicant hereunder by administering such written examinations, psychological examinations and evaluations, oral assessments and examinations, and such other examinations, evaluations, and/or screening processes and procedures as said Civil Service Commission deems appropriate and practicable in determining the relative capacity and abilities of the applicants to discharge the duties and responsibilities of the position or office to which they aspire. Thereafter, on the basis of its evaluation and determination, the Civil Service Commission shall certify to the City Administrator the names of not more than three (3) applicants who are eligible to serve in the position or office which is vacant and to which they aspire whom the Civil Service Commission deems best qualified and able to perform the duties and responsibilities of said position.
The City Administrator shall select any candidate certified which, in his or her judgment, would best serve the City. The Police Chief, Fire Chief, Assistant Police Chief and Assistant Fire Chief shall be chosen on the basis of their executive, administrative, and managerial qualifications as judged by the adequacy of their training and successful experience in law enforcement and/or fire protection.
Once a Police Chief, Fire Chief, Assistant Police Chief or Assistant Fire Chief is selected, in all other respects (including the probationary period), they shall remain under Civil Service due to the nature of their enforcement responsibilities.
(Amended November 8, 1994)