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Commission accepts voluntary removals, concurs in disqualification of two firefighter candidates
Summary
The Lorain Civil Service Commission accepted two voluntary removals from the 2024 firefighter eligibility list and concurred with the disqualification of two other candidates under local civil service rules.
The Lorain Civil Service Commission on May 13 accepted the voluntary removal of two firefighter candidates from the current 2024 eligibility list and concurred with the Safety Service Director’s request to disqualify two additional candidates pursuant to local civil service rules.
Commissioners voted to accept the voluntary removals and then to concur with the disqualifications after staff cited the applicable local civil service rule. The meeting record indicates the commission relied on local civil service rule section 6.6(a) — "Disqualification of eligibles" — when approving the disqualifications; commissioners noted that candidates are notified of appeal rights as part of the disqualification process.
The commission’s action on the voluntary removals and the disqualifications was taken by motion and approved on voice votes. The meeting record does not publish the names of the disqualified candidates on the public minutes; a commissioner explicitly said the reason was discussed but did not read candidate names into the record.
Commissioners and staff briefly discussed the rule numbering and appeals procedure; the transcript includes references to rule 6.5 and to subsections of 6.6 (6.6.1 and 6.6.b) in the course of clarifying the basis for disqualification and the procedure for notifying candidates and explaining appeal rights.
