2012-03-06 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting March 6,2012
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 roil and noted for the record that a quorum
was present at the meeting. Present were Chairman Viehman,Commissioners Karge, Loeb, and Dibbern. Not
present was Commissioner Lukatsky. Also in attendance were Police Chief Steve Balinski,Fire Chief Vavra, and
HR Director Art Malinowski.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A. Commissioner Loeb made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Regular Meeting of February 7,
2012, seconded by Commissioner Karge. Commissioners Karge,Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted in
favor of the motion. The motion passed.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
A. Chairman Viehman congratulated Deputy Fire Marshall George Michehl for his outstanding contributions
toward fire safety. He received from the IAFC/ICC the Excellence in Life Safety Award.
B. Chairman Viehman also congratulated Officer Horbis as the recipient of the 2011 Police Officer of the
Year Award.
C. Chairman Viehman congratulated the Police Department Traffic Division as it was recognized by the
Board of Trustees for excellent Traffic Enforcement and especially the enforcement of DUI's.
D. Chairman Viehman and Chief Vavra attended a Firefighter Hiring Act Seminar on February 17. After
attending this seminar they both agree that the BFPC is on the right track regarding implementing the new
law.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS:
The Commissioners present had no new news to report.
CHIEF AND TRUSTEE REPORTS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Vavra thanked Chairman Viehman for his attendance at the last village Board meeting.
B. He reported that one FF/PM is doing well after recent surgery.
C. Chief Vavra reported that they used special sonar equipment to recover the body of a dog that
had drowned in a pond. The dog was turned over to the owner for burial.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Balinski reported one officer will be off for 2-3 weeks as a result of knee surgery. One
officer is on light duty and one officer will be off a couple of days after slipping on black ice.
B. Chief Balinski reported that Officer Wade Clark has tendered his resignation. He wants to
return to his previous position at the Chicago Police Department. He cited family reasons for
his departure and that the Department could have done nothing to encourage him to stay.
Officer Clark did say that he was very impressed with the FTO program.
C. Chairman Viehman asked Chief Balinski if there is an impact to the village with cancellation
of the G8 Summit. NATO will be here so Chief Balinski reported that the department will
prepare just the same as if G8 was coming.
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE:
There were no questions from the audience.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. The Hearing of Appeal of Suspension was cancelled. Officer Martin requested(through his attorney)to
withdraw his appeal. Chairman Viehman thanked the Commissioners for their cooperation during this
process.
B. The Fire Lieutenant oral interview process is complete. There was a normal distribution skewed to the
right and that is what we would expect with this group of applicants. Commissioner Loeb noted that this
was a great group of candidates. Chairman Viehman said that the opening resume question was a good tool
and we should look at adding it to the promotional process was a value. Commissioner Loeb noted that the
questions were less predictable than in the past and were more sound. He also noted that there was
incredible growth from those who participated in prior testing and liked seeing new faces.
C. The Fire Lieutenant Tactical Assessment will be conducted on March 17 from 7:30a.m to 3:00p.m.
Chairmen Viehman and Commissioner Karge will handle the registration process. Chief Vavra will ask
Deputy Chief Postma to also attend. Chief Vavra will observe the testing.
D. The Lieutenant written test will be conducted on April 21,2012. BFPC will conduct the test and it will be
scored by the test vendor.
E. The FF/PM testing will be held on April 28,2012. The test will be administered by I/O Solutions who will
run the test and score the tests. The candidates need to have CPAT validation and Ladder Validation in
order to test. The reporting of the scores will be via the Village web site. Candidates will be notified as to
when the results will be available. The FF/PM candidate orientations will be held on March 31 at 9:00 a.m.
and on April 5 at 7:00 p.m.at Village Hall. Chairman Viehman asked for assistance from the CERT
volunteers. They should arrive one hour before testing begins.
F. Chairman Viehman has no update to the revised Rules and Regulations. He did receive significant
feedback from our association attorney.
G. On March 19,2012,there will be a swearing in for a new Sergeant and new Officer at 6:45 p.m. at the
Police Station.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by Commissioner Karge,to approve the 2012
Lieutenant Oral Interview scores as presented. Commissioners Karge,Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted
in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
B. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by Commissioner Dibbern,to approve the 2012
Lieutenant PPR scores as presented. Commissioners Karge, Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of
the motion. The motion passed.
C. Chairman Viehman noted that due to the recent resignation in the Police Department we may need to
expedite the hiring process, and discussed options for special meetings.
D. Chief Vavra noted that there will be a appointment ceremony for potential FF/PM hires on March 20,2012.
ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION:
A motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern, seconded by Commissioner Loeb,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 Employment/Appointment matters. Commissioners Karge,Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted in
favor of the motion. The motion passed. Open session was adjourned at 8:03 p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The executive session was called to order at 8:05 p.m. Present were Chairman Viehman, Commissioners Karge,
Loeb,Dibbern and HR Director Art Malinowski. Discussions on the final hiring of FF/PM candidates#30 and
Police Officer Candidate#3 occurred. Discussions on the conditional hiring of Police Officer Candidate#4 and the
conditional hiring of FF/PM#36 occurred. At 9:00 p.m. a motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern, seconded
by Commissioner Loeb,to adjourn the executive session. Commissioners Karge,Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted
in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:
The open session resumed at 9:00 p.m.for the purpose of taking action on FF/PM and Police Officer candidates.
Present were Chairman Viehman,Commissioners Karge, Loeb,Dibbern, and HR Director Malinowski.
Police Officer Candidate#3: Ross Valstyn. A motion was made by Commissioner Karge, seconded by
Commissioner Loeb,to table the decision on candidate#3 until further information is made available.
Commissioners Karge, Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate#30: Tony Deram. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by
Commissioner Dibbern,to make a final offer of employment to FF/PM Candidate Deram. Commissioners Karge,
Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor the motion. The motion passed.
Chairman Viehman will contact the candidate and make the final offer of employment.
Police Officer Candidate#4: Michael Carlson. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by
Commissioner Karge,to make a conditional offer of employment to Police Officer Candidate Carlson.
Commissioners Karge, Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor the motion. The motion passed.
Chairman Viehman will contact the candidate and make the conditional offer of employment.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate#36: Gerald Baumgartner. A motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern,
seconded by Commissioner Karge,to make a conditional offer of employment to FF/PM Candidate Baumgartner.
Commissioners Karge,Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. Commissioner Loeb abstained. The
motion passed. Chairman Viehman will contact the candidate and make the conditional offer of employment.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb to adjourn the meeting at 9:04 p.m., seconded by Commissioner
Dibbern. The motion was approved by voice vote
Respectfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary