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Schererville Town merit board reviews proposed changes to firefighter hiring, testing and discipline rules
Summary
At an informal meeting, board members reviewed edits to align local merit-board rules with state statute, debated age and lateral-transfer language, considered a 70% passing benchmark for tests, and agreed to refine scoring and procedural language before a public hearing and vote.
Schererville Town merit board members spent an informal meeting reviewing proposed revisions to rules that govern firefighter appointments, testing, promotions and disciplinary procedures, but took no formal votes.
The draft changes, presented by Speaker 1, add language to clarify that part-time firefighters can be construed as "members" for the purposes of the rules and to align application and testing steps with state statute. "I lifted that language straight from the statute, and it's IC 36 8 3.5," Speaker 1 said while explaining the age-exemption language that would exempt previously employed members from the 21–40 age range. Speaker 1 also said the draft requires filing general aptitude test results with the board and allows the board to reject applicants found unqualified on that basis.
Why it matters: the edits affect who may be eligible for hire, how many applicants are interviewed, and…
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