2011-09-06 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Meeting ate: 09/06/2011
Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting September 6, 2011
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m.by Chairman Viehman in the Chiefs 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 Police Chief Steve
Balinski, Fire Chief Terry Vavra, Police Commander Szos, HR Director Art Malinowski and Trustee
Liaison Steve Trilling.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A. Commissioner Karge made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Regular Meeting of
August 2, 2011, seconded by Commissioner Loeb. The motion was approved by a voice vote.
B. Commissioner Lukatsky made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Special Meeting
of August 22, 2011, seconded by Commissioner Loeb. The motion was approved by a voice
vote.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
A. Chairman Viehman offered congratulations to Commander Steve Husak on his promotion to
Deputy Chief of Operations, and to Sergeant Tom Reed on his promotion to Commander of
the Patrol Division. He also congratulated and welcomed new police officer Adrian Jigalov to
the village.
B. Chairman Viehman thanked the Police Department and the Fire Department for keeping
Buffalo Grove Days safe.
C. Chairman Viehman reminded the Commissioners that there will be a swearing in ceremony
for the Fire Department on Monday, September 19, 2011, at 6:00 pm at Village Hall.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS:
A. Commissioner Dibbern, on behalf of the Buffalo Grove Friends of the Parks Foundation,
thanked the Police Department and Fire Department for their assistance during the 2011
Stampede
CHIEF and TRUSTEE REPORTS:
POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Balinski thanked everyone for attending the swearing in ceremony tonight.
B. Chief Balinski reported that there are two officers on light duty.
C. Chief Balinski noted that the Sgt. Nugent will be moving from investigations to
patrol effective 1/1/12. There will be one Sgt.position in investigations. Also
Sgt. Kristiansen will be coming out of traffic.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Vavra reported that FF/PM on his last day of work before his retirement
attended the pancake breakfast at Buffalo Grove Days and drove the Fire Truck
in the Parade. Also at Buffalo Grove Days, FF/PM Steve Rusin unveiled the new
pink fire truck. Congratulations to both.
B. Chief Vavra reported that the fireworks went well.
C. Chief Vavra noted that there will be an open house at Station 26 on Saturday,
September 24 from loam to 2 pm.
D. Chief Vavra reported one Lieutenant was on light duty on one FF/PM was out for
a couple of days.
E. Chief Vavra noted that the Golf Department lost a member and the Fire
Department helped the employees though the loss. He noted that members of
the Village have pulled together to get through this tragedy.
TRUSTEE REPORT
A. Trustee Trilling reported that the new Village Mobile Com was used during
Buffalo Grove Days and encouraged all to visit this new vehicle. It is a huge step
up from the prior unit and it took volunteers some 700 hours to fully equip the
vehicle. Chief Vavra also praised the vehicle and indicated it would be at the
Fire Department Open House.
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE:
There were no questions from the audience.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. A motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern, seconded by Commissioner Loeb, to
approve the Fire Lieutenant Notice of Promotional Examination Materials Packet. The
motion was approved by a voice vote.
B. At the August Meeting, the Commission approved a FF/PM questionnaire to determine
the status of those remaining on the current eligibility list. The Fire Department
completed this task and reported that Candidates# 23, 24, 25, and 31 have asked to be
taken off of the list. Candidates# 21, 22, and 26 are currently in the investigation
progress.
C. There will be 21 candidates for the Sergeant List.An orientation will be held on Friday
September 16 at 6:30 am and 2:30 pm after roll call.
D. The Sergeant Written Test will be conducted on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 8:30 am in
the Training Room. Resumes will also be accepted on this date. Tests will be ordered
the week of September 5th. Seores will be reported by ID number.
E. The Sergeant Oral Interviews will be held on October 22 and October 23 and will be 20
minutes in duration.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Discussion was held on the Public Act 97-0251—Criteria for future FF/PM
testing/eligibility process. Chairman Viehman handed out a power point presentation
from a training session he attended on the new act for the Commission to review. You
can have a local list or use the statewide list. Under the local hiring authority: You now
must fix the qualifying score for placement on the final eligibility list at a score not less
than the mean of the score from the initial eligibility list plus an additional 10%. You
must provide no less than five preference points for applicants claiming veteran status.
You must establish the number of preference points for all remaining categories of
preference points (fire cadet, educational,paramedic, experience, residency, other). The
amount of points for each category must between zero and five points. You must award
no less than 10 preference points,but not more than 30 preference points. Chairman
Viehman asked the Commissioners to review these documents and be ready to discuss
the new requirements at the next meeting. He indicated that we were in pretty good
shape with respect to this new act and will need to make changes in our rules and
regulations. The objective is to have this process compete by year end.
ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION:
A motion was made by Commissioner Lukatsky, 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, Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. Open
session was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The executive session was called to order at 8:03 p.m. Present were Chairman Viehman,
Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, Dibbern and HR Director Art Malinowski. Background
investigation materials on one Firefighter/Paramedic candidate and one Police Officer candidate
were reviewed and discussed. Discussions on final hiring FF/PM candidate#21 occurred. At 8:15
p.m. a motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern, 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 8:15 p.m. for the purpose of making position offers. All commissioners
and HR Director Malinowski were present.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate# 15: Brian J Steen. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb,
seconded by Commissioner Dibbern, to make a final offer of employment to FF/PM Candidate Steen.
Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. The
motion passed. Chairman Viehman will contact the candidate and make the final offer of
employment.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate# 20: Joshua R. Himmelspach. A motion was made by
Commissioner Loeb, seconded by Commissioner Dibbern, to make a conditional offer of employment
to FF/PM Candidate Himmelspach. Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, 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.
Police Officer Candidate# 1: Tonya L. Stone. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded
by Commissioner Dibbern, to make a conditional offer of employment to Police Officer Candidate
Stone. Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted against the motion. The
motion failed. No offer will be made to the candidate at this time.
ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION:
A motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern, seconded by Commissioner Lukatsky, 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, Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. Open
session was adjourned at 8:19 p.m.
REOPEN EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The executive session was called to order at 8:20 p.m. Present were Chairman Viehman,
Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, Dibbern and HR Director Art Malinowski. Background
investigation materials on one Pollee Officer candidate were reviewed and discussed.
At 8:24 p.m. a motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by Commissioner Dibbern 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 8:25 p.m. for the purpose of making position offers. All commissioners
and HR Director Malinowski were present.
Pollee Officer Candidate# 2: Wade H Clark. A motion was made by Commissioner Lukatsky,
seconded by Commissioner Dibbern, to make a conditional offer of employment to Pollee Officer
Candidate Clark. Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, 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.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned by the Chair
at 8:25 p.m.
Respeetfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary
Board of Fire and Pollee Commis