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VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting July 2, 2013
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
Karge, Lukatsky, and Dibbern. Also in attendance were Police Chief Casstevens,Police Commander
Szos, Fire Chief Vavra, Trustee Liaison Trilling, and HR Director Malinowski. Not in attendance was
Commissioner Loeb.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A. Commissioner Lukatsky made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Regular Meeting of
June 4,2013, seconded by Commissioner Karge. Commissioners Karge, Lukatsky, Dibbern and
Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
B. Commissioner Karge made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Special Meeting of
June 18,2013, seconded by Commissioner Lukatsky. Commissioners Karge, Lukatsky, Dibbern
and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
A. Chairman Viehman welcomed Chief Casstevens and noted the Board looks forward to working
with him. Chairman Viehman looks forward for the opportunity for the Chief to know us and to
continue to help with the great relationships we have with the department with his new
involvement.
B. Chairman Viehman reported receiving two thank you notes from oral interview candidates
thanking the Board for the opportunity to interview.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS:
A. The Commissioners present had no new news to report.
CHIEF AND TRUSTEE REPORTS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Vavra reported that DC Doug Postma will be retiring November 15, 2013, BC
Joe Wieser will be retiring September 30, 2013, Lt. Kent Brecht will be retiring in
August and DFM George Michehl will be leaving this year—date to be determined.
B. Chief Vavra noted a joint retirement party for all those who retired in 2013 will be
held on November 15. Time and place to follow.
C. One FF/PM will return shortly from medical leave and one FF/PM is still off due to
injury.
D. Chief Vavra reported the department rescued 9 people and 2 dogs when 5 inches of
rain occurred in 4 hours and left St. Mary's flooded.
E. Chief Vavra reported the receipt of a new ambulance. It is a state of the art vehicle
that was built with the input of FF/PM in the department.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Commander Szos reported that Sgt.Parkinson will be retiring in October.
B. Commander Szos noted that one officer is on light duty at MEG, two other officers
are off due to medical and one officer on FMLA will be returning at the end of July.
TRUSTEE REPORT
A. Trustee Trilling reported that discussions are taking place with regards to a new
smoking ordinance for Buffalo Grove Days.
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE: There were no questions from the audience.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. PO Oral Interview
a. Chairman Viehman gave an update on the oral interview process that was held on June 8
and June 9, 2013:
i. Number of candidates on oral interview list—43
ii. Number of candidates to show for interviews—41
iii. Number of candidates rescheduled due to testing time error— I
iv. Total interviewed—42
v. Number of candidates to fail—4
vi. Number of candidates on Preliminary List—38.
b. Chairman Viehman recapped the earlier processes.
i. Number of candidates at orientation— 356
ii. Number of candidates who took test— 167 (47.04%)
iii. Average score —77.3 (range 50-93)
iv. Average score of those who passed test(102)— 82.38 (61.08%)
v. Average of top 40 and ties (43) — 87.05
B. Chairman Viehman noted reasonable consistency for the scores recorded by each Commissioner
and did not include any huge variances in scoring.
C. Chairman Viehman noted that the request for preference points need to be sent to the Board by
July 17 and the points will be verified and awarded on July 23 at 4:00 p.m.
D. Trustee Trilling attended as an observer a number of the oral interviews and reported his
appreciation for the Board in evaluating the candidates.
E. Chairman Viehman noted that the Draft Rules and Regulations have been sent to our attorney
John Broihien for his comments.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. A motion was made by Commissioner Karge, seconded by Commissioner Dibbern, to approve
the 2013 Police Officer Oral Interview Scores as presented. Commissioners Karge, Lukatsky,
Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
B. A motion was made by Commissioner Lukatsky, seconded by Commissioner Karge, to approve
the 2013 Preliminary Police Officer Eligibility List. Commissioners Karge, Lukatsky, Dibbern
and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern, seconded by Commissioner Karge, to adjourn the
meeting at 7:26 p.m. The motion was approved by voice vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
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