(A) Posting of lists. From the results of each examination, the Commission shall prepare and keep open to public inspection an eligible list of the persons whose score in the examination for the class is not less than 70 and who are otherwise eligible for appointment. These persons shall be notified and take rank upon the eligible lists in the order of their relative grades without reference to priority of time of examination.
(B) Duration of lists. The term of eligibility of each list and the names appearing thereon shall be fixed by the Commission at not less than six months nor more than two years. Any list that has been in effect for more than six months may be abolished at any time when the Commission determines it to be in the best public interest. The Commission at any time may abolish a list if the Commission is not able to certify from such list the minimum number of applicants necessary for consideration for original appointment.
(C) Removal from list. The name of any person appearing on an eligible list who fails to report for an interview with the City Manager or his designee; who fails to respond to a notice from the Commission; who declines an appointment without reason satisfactory to the Commission; who cannot be located by the postal authorities; or, at the option of the Civil Service Commission, if the person has been passed over for appointment from the certified list on three occasions, shall be removed from the eligible list. Ineligible applicants so removed shall be notified to this effect unless his or her whereabouts are unknown. The ineligible applicant may be reinstated to the eligible list upon application to the Secretary and the Commission for good cause shown. In the case an eligible's name appears on more than one list, a permanent appointment to a position in one class shall cause his or her name to be removed from other eligible lists for classes, the salary of which is equal or lower to the position to which the eligible has been appointed. If the eligible list in question has resulted from a promotional examination, resignation from the service shall be cause for removal from the eligible list.
(D) Disqualification of eligibles and employees on layoff lists. If at any time after the creation of an eligible list or layoff list, the Commission has reason to believe that any person whose name appears on any list is disqualified for appointment or recall because of any of the reasons listed herein, developed subsequent to the examination or layoff, such person shall be notified and given an opportunity to be heard before the Commission to the grounds for such disqualification. If such person fails to appear before the Commission for a hearing to be heard on the reasons for disqualification or fails to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the reason for such disqualification was untrue, the eligible's name shall be removed from the appropriate list. The reasons for disqualification or removal of an eligible applicant or employee from a layoff list are as follows:
(1) Physical or psychological incapacity;
(2) Errors disclosed in computing scores;
(3) False statements made in the application;
(4) Personal activities which are in violation of the rules of the Civil Service Commission or in violation of any rules or regulations established by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services governing the employment and appointment of persons to the classified service in the State of Ohio.
(E) Change of address. Each person on an eligible list shall file with the Commission written notice of any change of address, and failure to do so may cause his or her name to be removed from the list.
(F) Revocation of list. An eligible list may be revoked and another examination ordered when in the judgment of the Commission such action is deemed advisable as a result of errors, fraud, or obviously inappropriate standards prescribed in connection with any examination. All competitors in the first examination shall be given an opportunity to compete and a new eligible list shall be established. No eligible list shall be altered or revoked except upon written notice to all persons whose standing may be affected by such revocation or alteration, and only upon an entry of the reasons for such alteration or revocation in the minutes of the Commission.
(Ord. 12-1972, passed 7-20-72; Am. Ord. 22-1999, passed 9-29-99; Am. Ord. 12-2002, passed 10-2-02)