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Vermilion City Council approves process to finalize police chief promotion scores
Summary
At a brief Vermilion City Council session, members voted to complete scoring for the police chief promotional exam in executive session and directed staff to send candidates their scores by electronic delivery and certified mail, and to notify the mayor and civil service committee at least 30 days before certification under Ohio law.
Vermilion — The Vermilion City Council voted to complete final scoring of the police chief promotional exam and to distribute results to candidates, the council recorded in a brief meeting.
The chair moved to enter an executive session “to administer the final scoring process for the police chief's promotional exam for the statutory purpose of promotion of a public employee,” a motion that was seconded and approved by voice vote. After returning to open session, the chair moved that the city send the scores to the candidates electronically and by certified mail, present the scores to the mayor, and notify the civil service committee at least 30 days before the city is ready to certify the results; that motion was seconded and carried.
The motions did not identify individual movers or seconds in the record. Council members Brown and Coom were recorded as voting "Yes" during the roll call on the motions; the transcript indicates the motions carried. The council did not record additional debate or public comment on the matter in the available transcript.
The council cited Ohio Revised Code §124.44 when discussing the timing for certification notification. The transcript references the 30-day notice requirement as the reason for asking that the civil service committee be informed in advance of certification. The record does not specify certification dates or the number of candidates affected.
Council members also approved minutes as presented. The motion to approve used wording that the minutes be approved “as the minutes of the 07/08/2025 meeting,” while the chair earlier referred to approving the minutes of the July 18 meeting; the transcript contains that inconsistency and does not clarify which date is correct.
The meeting concluded after a brief request for other business and a motion to adjourn.
The transcript does not include the meeting date, nor does it disclose the names of candidates or numerical scores from the promotional exam. The actions recorded deal with internal personnel process steps and routine administrative approvals.
