Title
Amending Civil Service Rule 7 to extend the Firefighter eligible list.
Body
WHEREAS Rule 7 of the Civil Service Rules establishes the effective periods for eligible lists for all City positions; and
WHEREAS, under Rule 7 the Human Resources Director has the discretion to extend the effective date for the eligible list for the position of Firefighter and has already extended said list to the extent possible; and
WHEREAS the City is currently administering the Firefighter exam in 2018; and
WHEREAS in order to ensure an active list exists, the existing eligible list for Firefighter must be extended until the new eligible list currently in the testing phase is established; and
WHEREAS Rule 7 must be amended to authorize the Human Resources Director to again extend the eligible list; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, pursuant to the authority granted in the Section 12.06 of the Saint Paul City Charter, the City Council hereby allows for a one-time suspension of Rule 7 of the Civil Service Rules to authorize the Human Resources Director to exercise her discretion and extend the existing Firefighter eligible list until the new Firefighter eligible list is in effect.