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Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting January 3,2012
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order at 7:20 p.m. by Chairman Viehman in the Administrative Conference Room of the
Village of Buffalo Grove Fire 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 Terry
Vavra,Trustee Liaison Steve Trilling, and HR Director Art Malinowski.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A. Commissioner Loeb made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Regular Meeting of December 6,
2011,seconded by Commissioner Karge. The motion was approved by a voice vote.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
A. Chairman Viehman reviewed the 2011 Annual Report of Committees/Commissions/Boards which will be
presented to the Village Board. He noted that the BFPC spent a total of 452.75 volunteer hours in 2011.
The Commission had a busy year in both hiring and promotions.
B. Chairman Viehman congratulated the new FF/PM's -Himmelspach,Wood and McCarthy. He looks
forward to their service and thanked the fire department for the background checks done on the three
gentlemen.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS:
The Commissioners present had no new news to report.
CHIEF AND TRUSTEE REPORTS
POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Balinski thanked the Board for the exceptional testing cycle and promotional process.
B. Chief Balinski reported that two officers have returned from medical leave,two officers are
on light duty(one returning shortly)and one officer will require surgery and will be on light
duty for three months.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Vavra echoed the comments from Chief Balinski said and he appreciates the
Commissioner's service and attendance at many different functions.
B. Chief Vavra reported that one FF/PM has returned to full duty,one will be back shortly and
one FF/PM is out and will be evaluated in January.
C. Chief Vavra is very happy with the three new FF/PM's and noted that they have tremendous
energy.
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE:
There were no questions from the audience.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. Police Sergeant Promotional Process
a. The Sergeant Preference Points process was reviewed and all but five candidates submitted a
request for PP's.
B. The orientation for the Lieutenant Testing Process was conducted tonight. The orientation was very well
attended and very well received.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. A motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern, seconded by Commissioner Karge,to approve the Police
Sergeant Final Eligibility Register, as posted,dated December 23,2011. The motion was approved by a
voice vote. The process is now complete.
B. Chairman Viehman prepared a Draft Rules and Regulations document and asked for the Commissioner's to
review the document and send any comments to him. He specifically asked that the Commissioners
compare this draft version the current rules and regs.
C. Chairman Viehman noted that the current FF/PM Eligibility List expires 7/26/12. He noted that the
advertisement must get out soon announcing the hiring process,CPAT requirements and the test dates. He
asked Mr. Malinowski to check on dates available at BGHS for conducting the written test. He asked the
Commissioners to check dates in May and June for potential testing.
ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION:
A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, 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 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 conditional hiring of FF/PM candidates#30,
#32 and#33 (without recommendation)occurred. At 8:41 p.m. a motion was made by Commissioner Loeb,
seconded by Commissioner Dibbern 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 8:41 p.m.for the purpose of discussing FF/PM candidates.Present were Chairman
Viehman,Commissioners Karge,Loeb,Dibbern,HR Director Malinowski, and Chief Terry Vavra.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate#30: Tony Deram. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by
Commissioner Dibbern,to make a conditional offer of employment to FF/PM Candidate Deram. Commissioners
Karge,Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted against the motion. Chairman Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The
motion failed to pass. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by Commissioner Dibbern,to ask the
Fire Department to do additional background work on this candidate and provide this information to the Board for
further review. Commissioner Karge,Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The motion
passed.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate#32: Chad McCormick. A motion was made by Commissioner Karge, seconded
by Commissioner Loeb,to make a conditional offer of employment to FF/PM Candidate McCormick.
Commissioners Karge,Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed. Chairman
Viehman will contact the candidate and make the conditional offer of employment.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate#33: Cesar Guzman. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by
Commissioner Dibbern,to make a conditional offer of employment to FF/PM Candidate Guzman, Commissioners
Karge,Loeb,Dibbern and Viehman voted against the motion. The motion failed to pass. The candidate will not be
made an offer.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Commissioner Karge to adjourn the meeting at 8:45 p.m., seconded by Commissioner Loeb.
The motion was approved by voice vote
Respectfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary