The Civil Service Commission shall consist of three (3) electors of the City not holding other municipal office to be appointed by the Council to serve for terms of six years, except that the first appointment shall be for six (6), four (4), and two (2) years respectively. Beginning with appointments made on or after April 1, 2024, terms for members of the Civil Service Commission shall be for three (3) years. A vacancy occurring during the term of any member of the Commission shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner authorized for an original appointment.
The Civil Service of the City is hereby divided into the Unclassified and Classified Service.
A. The Unclassified Service shall include:
1. All officers elected by the people and those persons appointed to fill positions pending an election.
2. All Directors of Departments to include, but not limited to:
a. Chief of Fire
b. Chief of Police
c. Director of Finance
d. Director of Parks and Recreation.
e. Director of Human Resources
f. Director of Information Technology
g. Director of Service
h. Golf Course Manager
i. Golf Course Superintendent
j. Building Commissioner
k. Municipal Engineer
l. Law Director
m. City Planner
n. Director of Planning and Economic Development
o. Director of Wastewater Treatment
3. Clerk of Council.
4. The members of all boards and commissions.
5. Any temporary, seasonal, or part-time position.
6. Secretary to the Civil Service Commission.
7. Volunteer Fire Fighters.
8. One Clerk, Secretary or Administrator appointed to any board or commission.
9. One Executive Assistant Secretary to the Mayor.
10. An Executive Assistant Secretary to the Fire Chief Department and an Executive Assistant Secretary to the Police Chief Department.
11. All persons who work without compensation.
B. The Classified Service shall comprise all positions not specifically included by this Charter in the Unclassified Service. There shall be in the Classified Service, two groups to be known as the Competitive and the Non-Competitive group.
The Competitive Group shall include:
1. Entry Level Police Dispatchers, and all Entry Level Police Officers and all Entry Level Firefighter/Paramedic positions except those defined as Unclassified positions. For purposes of this Section, "Entry Level" shall mean positions within the aforementioned services that do not require prior service as a Police Officer, Firefighter/Paramedic, or Police Dispatcher in the State of Ohio.
The Non-Competitive group shall include:
1. All positions that require a license issued by an agent of the State or Federal Government.
2. All skilled and unskilled labor.
3. Clerical Staff.
4. Non-Entry Level, Laterally Hired Police Dispatchers, Police Officers, and Firefighter/Paramedics. For purposes of this Section, "Non-Entry Level, Laterally Hired" shall mean positions within the aforementioned services that require previous employment as a Police Dispatcher, Police Officer, or Firefighter/Paramedic in the State of Ohio.
The Civil Service Commission shall make necessary rules and regulations for the appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, reinstatement, suspension, removal and in general, for the enforcement of the merit system, in the Classified Service.
The Commission shall report its proceedings to Council upon request and shall make a report to Council at the beginning of each fiscal year.
All persons who have been continuously employed in the service of the Municipality in the same or similar position herein included in the Classified Service for at least thirty (30) days preceding the adoption of this amendment shall retain their position until discharged, reduced, promoted or transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Charter. Council may provide for such additional classifications of employees as it deems appropriate by future enactments.
Before any rules or amendments of the Civil Service become effective, they shall be published in writing and an opportunity given for a public hearing thereon to be held after reasonable notice has been given by the Commission.
The Commission shall provide rules for the procedure of the Commission for the standardization and classifications of the positions, for competitive and non-competitive tests, for qualifications in meeting reasonable requirements as to age, physical condition and moral character, for investigating and keeping a record of the efficiency of the personnel in the Classified Service and for requiring reports relative thereto from appointing authority, or their delegated authority, for such other rules as may be necessary and proper for the enforcement of the merit system and for appeals from the action of appointing authority in the case of transfer, reduction or removal and the action of the Commission in any such appeal shall be final.
(Amended November 6, 2012; November 4, 2014; November 7, 2023)