Euclid Civil Service Commission abolishes prior fire-entry list and certifies corrected eligibility list; chief proposes new lateral-hire requirement

Euclid Civil Service Commission members on Tuesday voted unanimously to abolish the previously certified Euclid Fire Department entry-examination list and to certify a corrected eligibility list dated Jan. 21, 2025, after staff said an education credit error affected the rankings of two candidates.

The corrected list was presented by Euclid Fire Chief Womack, who told commissioners that the City of Lyndhurst alerted Euclid to a mistake in how education credit was applied to at least one candidate. “Number 9 on our list was not credited for education that they had had, Andrew Pindor,” Womack said, and staff submitted a revised “Euclid eligibility standing” for certification.

The change matters because the eligibility list determines the order in which candidates are considered for hiring into the…