Civil Service Commission

MINUTES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING May 10, 2023 – 8:00 A.M. Members Present: Chairman Jan Naso Commissioner Tom Kot Commissioner Lisa Zeno Carano Non-Members Mayor Dave Kline Present: Police Chief Ron Williams Police Captain Jeremy McGee Human Resources Director Jill Stritch ______________________________________________________________________________ The May 10, 2023 Civil Service Commission meeting was called to order. Minutes of the March 22, 2023 meeting were approved as published. Mr. Naso explained that Utilities Superintendent Darrell Stineman has left the City. Commissioner Kot participated in the interviews of the three candidates who applied for the Utilities Superintendent position. Mr. Kot stated that during the course of the interviews, it was apparent that Neiheiser was the best candidate. Mr. Rorar submitted a letter to Civil Service about all the interviews. Mr. Naso: I will move to certify the eligibility list for Utilities Superintendent. Motion was seconded and passed with no further discussion. There are three people on the list, Stephen Clark, Shane Knicely and Robert Neiheiser and Neiheiser was promoted to the position. As Chairman, I approve them to go ahead to do that prior to certifying the list due to the nature of that being filled as soon as possible. Persons applying for the Technician I position have been interviewed after they have applied. We have five names that we are going to certify today. It’s still being advertised and after this is certified, as new people are added to the list, we’ll certify them in following meetings. Also we hired two people already off of this list prior to certifying it for the same reasons that we did Utilities, to get those filled as soon as possible. There are five names: Tom Hawkins, Ryan Tompkins, David Osco, Anthony Casalinova and Joe Hedrick. Tom Hawkins and Casalinova were hired. So I will move to certify the eligibility list for Tech I position. Motion was seconded and passed with no discussion. Page 2 May 10, 2023 There were eight applications for Police Chief. They were screened by the Screening Committee which Commissioner Kot was part of that. Mr. Kot stated that we have some very qualified candidates for the position, it was good to see that. Of those eight candidates, they were awarded their points based on their background. The five highest will move on to the assessment center. Those five are Michael Caprez, Daniel Grispino, Agostino Micozzi, Douglas Bohon and Christopher Ruehmer. We’re not certifying anything at this point. Once those five go to the assessment center, the top three scores will then be certified. And from that point, there will be a Technical Panel Interview and a Stake Holder Panel Interview similar to what we did with the Fire Chief. Chief Williams stated that he came here to ask for a Sergeant’s Test but needs to have a conversation with Dr. Cooper and that will happen tomorrow. Mr. Rorar asked to see the list of Technicians. I didn’t hear the name of Gasper Impiccini and he started this morning. He scored the best out of everyone. Mr. Naso said it was his mistake and he will be added to the list. There are six now on the list. Meeting adjourned at 8:07 a.m. An audio file of this meeting is available in the Civil Service office. Jan T. Naso, Chairman Civil Service Commission TALLMADGE OHIO JTN:asi