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VILLAGE OF
BUFFALO GROVE
I uif lc Grove, 111..60089 219
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting June 4, 2013
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order at 7:01 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, Loeb, Lukatsky, and Dibbern. Also in attendance were
Interim Police Chief Husak, Police Commander Szos, Fire Chief Vavra, Trustee Liaison Trilling,
and HR Director Malinowski.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A. Commissioner Lukatsky made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Regular
Meeting of May 7, 2013, seconded by Commissioner Karge. Commissioners Karge,
Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. Commissioner Loeb
abstained. The motion passed.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
A. Chairman Viehman received a note from Steve Balinski thanking the Commissioners for
all of their work as volunteer Commissioners.
B. Chairman Viehman reported that the new chief will be sworn in on Monday, June 10t' at
9:00 am in the training room.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS:
A. The Commissioners present had no new news to report.
CHIEF AND TRUSTEE REPORTS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Vavra reported that the 2013 Open House will be held at Station 26 on
September 21't from loam to 2pm. All are invited.
B. Chief Vavra noted that a Blood Drive will be held at Station 26 on June 28th
from Sam to 7pm.
C. Chief Vavra reported one firefighter is off due to a back injury.
D. Chief Vavra noted that the BGFD assisted at the Long Grove fire on Sunday.
E. Chief Vavra noted that consultants will be assessing staffing needs in the
department over the next 4 weeks.
F. Chief Vavra reported that Deputy Fire Chief Postma will be retiring later in
the year.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Commander Szos reported 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.
B. Interim Police Chief Husak reported that he has been in regular contact with
the new chief.
TRUSTEE REPORT
A. Trustee Trilling had no new news to report.
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE:
There were no questions from the audience.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. PO Written Test
a. Chairman Viehman thanked Brian Spolar and the recruitment team for doing an
outstanding job at registration. A letter was sent to him and the team from the
BFPC. He also thanked the volunteers for their help.
b. Commissioner Dibbern presented the following details to the Board:
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 that the oral interviews will take place on June 8 and June 9.
Sergeant Newton will be the technical advisor on Saturday and Sergeant Gallagher will
be the technical advisor on Sunday. Plan on arriving at 7:45am.
C. Chairman Viehman discussed Draft 2 of the Rules and Regulations. He will be
forwarding this version to our association attorney for review.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Chairman Viehman noted that the review of possible action on closed session minutes
and the review and action on oral questions for the PO Oral Interviews will be conducted
in executive session.
ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION:
A motion was made by Commissioner Karge, seconded by Commissioner Dibbern, for the Board
to adjourn to a Closed Executive Session as authorized by Subsection 2(a) of the Illinois Open
Meetings Act [5ILCS 120/2(a)] for the purpose of reviewing the sixth months of closed meeting
minutes and for reviewing oral interview questions. Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky,
Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed. Open session was
adjourned at 7:26 p.m.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The executive session was called to order at 7:27 p.m. Present were Chairman Viehman,
Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, Dibbern and HR Director Art Malinowski. Discussions
on the status of closed meeting minutes and discussions on the oral interview questions occurred.
At 7:42 p.m. a motion was made by Commissioner Lukatsky, seconded by Commissioner Karge,
to adjourn the executive session. Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman
voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:
The open session resumed at 7:42 p.m. for the purpose of taking action on closed session
minutes. Present were Chairman Viehman, Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, Dibbern, and
HR Director Malinowski. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by
Commissioner Karge, to retain the recorded closed meeting minutes and confidentiality as
currently conducted. Commissioners Karge, Lukatsky, Loeb, Dibbern and Viehman voted in
favor of the motion. The motion passed.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb to adjourn the meeting at 7:43 p.m., seconded by
Commissioner Lukatsky. The motion was approved by voice vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
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