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VBG Fire& Police Commission Minutes 2014-03-04.pdf
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VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting March 4, 2014
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Viehman in the Chief s Conference
Room of the Village of Buffalo Grove Police Department. Commissioner Dibbern called the roll
and noted for the record that a quorum was present at the meeting. Present were Chairman
Viehman, Commissioners Rubin, Kahn, and Dibbern. Not in attendance was Commissioner
Karge. Also in attendance were Police Chief Casstevens, Fire Chief Vavra, HR Director
Malinowski, and Trustee Liaison Trilling.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A. Commissioner Kahn made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Regular
Meeting of February 4, 2014, seconded by Commissioner Rubin. Commissioners Rubin,
Kahn, Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
B. Commissioner Kahn made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Special Meeting
of February 15, 2014, seconded by Commissioner Rubin. Commissioners Rubin, Kahn,
and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. Commissioner Dibbern abstained. The
motion passed.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
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A. Chairman Viehman noted that on March 10, 2014, at 7:00pm at Station 26 h, Eric Liebert
will be sworn in as a firefighter/paramedic.
B. Chairman Viehman sent a letter of appreciation to Chief Vavra for the great job the
department and CERT volunteers did during orientation.
C. Chairman Viehman reminded the commissioners of the Spring Meeting of Illinois Fire
and Police Commissioners will be held on May 2-4.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS:
A. The Commissioners present had no new news to report.
CHIEF AND TRUSTEE REPORTS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Vavra reported one FF/PM has returned to full duty and two others are
still off duty but are making good progress.
B. Chief Vavra reported that FF/PM Tony Deram resigned February 18, 2014.
C. Chief Vavra reported that the department has been averaging about 15 calls
per day which annualized amounts to about 5600 calls. The normal number of
calls per year is 4500.
D. Chief Vavra noted that negotiations with the union are still ongoing.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Casstevens reported that the Auto Theft Task Force was so impressed
with the interviews of Officers Horbus and Montiel that both candidates were
offered positions on the task force. These are generally 2-3 year assignments
and $124,000 will be paid to the department for these two officers.
B. Chief Casstevens reported that Deputy Police Chief Husak has been
tentatively offered the position of Police Chief of Lake Zurich.
TRUSTEE REPORT
A. Trustee Trilling noted that Buffalo Grove may end court proceedings for some
tickets. At the last Committee of the Whole Board Meeting, Chief Casstevens
discussed the idea of having non-moving traffic and ordinance violation
tickets have their cases decided by a village hearing officer instead of a judge.
Under the process, someone who has received a ticket from the village would
either plead guilty and pay a fine or contest it before an administrative hearing
officer. This plan would save time and money by avoiding court proceedings
and would allow the village to collect more revenues from fines. Under the
current set up, the village only gets about 34% of the fine.
B. Trustee Trilling also reported that the Board was looking into combining the
Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals commissions and combining the
Blood and Board of Health commissions.
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE:
There were no questions from the audience.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. Chairman Viehman reported that candidates for the Police Lieutenant's position have
delivered their resumes for the oral interview process. He noted that the Seniority and
Merit elements of the process have been presented. Chairman Viehman handed out a list
of potential oral questions. Discussions were held regarding the amount of time per oral
interview. After much discussion, it was decided to allow 45 minutes for each candidate.
Chairman Viehman will put together a tentative schedule. The outside testing group has
presented the written questions for the Lieutenant and Sargent the questions have been
reviewed by Chief Casstevens and staff. Chief Casstevens noted that the questions
presented are a reasonable representation of the categories.
B. The list of FF/PM candidates has been supplied to Commissioner Dibbern and she has
completed the testing elements. There were 269 applicants. The written test will be
ordered and will include 100 questions. The preliminary list will contain the top 40 and
ties. Chairman Viehman handed out tentative oral question for review.
C. Chairman Viehman reported that the Rules and Regulations have been sent to Attorney
Reysa for his approval. He is targeting April 21 for Board approval.
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NEW BUSINESS:
A. A motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern, seconded by Commissioner Kahn, to
approve the Police Lieutenant Ascertained Merit and Seniority Points. Commissioners
Rubin, Kahn, Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern, seconded by Commissioner Kahn, to adjourn the
meeting at 7:55p.m. All Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion. The motion
passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
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