2011-06-07 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting June 7, 2011
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order at 7:40 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, HR Director Art Malinowski and Trustee Liaison Steve Trilling.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Commissioner Loeb made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Regular
Meeting of May 3, 2011, seconded by Commissioner Karge. The motion was
approved by a voice vote.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
A. Congratulations to Deputy Fire Chief Doug Postma, Battalion Fire Chief
Sean Collins and Fire Lt. Brian Beck on their promotions.
B. Congratulations to Sergeants Gallagher and Heer who were promoted this
evening.
C. The Fire Department walk-out for Battalion Fire Chief Larry Swieca will be
June 30th, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. at Station #26.
D. Chairman Viehman thanked Mr. Malinowski for helping with the Police
Officer testing process.
E. He also thanked the Police Department Recruiting Team and the Police
Volunteers for their help with the Police Officer testing.
F. Chairman Viehman reminded all commissioners that if they have not yet
sent in all their ethics paperwork to the village as required please do so as
soon as possible.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS:
Commissioners had no news to report.
CHIEF and TRUSTEE REPORTS:
POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Balinski commended the Commission on the handling of the
Police Officer testing process.
B. He reported that no one was on light duty.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Vavra thanked all who honored the passing of Skip Hart. It
was an unbelievable turn out to honor Skip.
B. Chief Vavra reported that no one was on light duty.
TRUSTEE REPORT
A. Trustee Trilling had no news to report.
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE:
There were no questions from the audience.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. Update on Police Officer and FF/PM Candidate Background
Investigations. Chairman Viehman handed out updated Police Officer
and Firefighter Eligibility Register Lists. Currently being investigated
are candidates number 2,7,12, and 15 on the Firefighter list and numbers
7, 9, and 10 on the Police list.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Discussion of 2011 Police Officer Written Examination Process
a. Chairman Viehman offered the following statistics:
Number Showing at Test Site: 186 (45% of total Applicants
@417)
Number Testing: 183 (43.9%)
Number Passed: 140 (76.5%)
Number Failed: 43 (23.5%)
TOP 50 Scores for Oral: 54 (score of 85 and above)
Passed without Qualifying for Orals: 86
Score Breakdown 17 Scored 90 or above (high score 94)
37 Scored 85-89
41 Scored 80-84
45 Scored 75-79
30 Scored 70-74
12 Scored 60-69
1 Scored Below 60 (low score 57)
MEAN SCORE: 76.384
MEAN SCORE +10%: 84.020
b. Two individuals wanted to challenge the test with scores of 79 and
74. Chairman Viehman explained the challenge procedure for this
national test and asked which questions the individuals wanted to
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challenge. They really wanted to know the cut off. There was no
issue after they were told that 85 was the cut off score.
B. Preparation for 2011 Police Officer Oral Interview Sessions — June 25-26,
2011
a. The interviews will be held in the Police Chief s Conference Room.
b. Chairman Viehman handed out the written instructions that will
be given to the candidates when they show up for their interview.
In prior years we read these instructions to the candidates. It was
decided to hand them out this year so more time can be devoted to
asking questions of the candidates.
ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION:
Chair entertained a motion 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. Commissioner Loed made the
motion, seconded by Commissioner Dibbern. Commissioners Karge, Loeb,
Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted in favor of the motion. Open session was
adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The executive session was called to order at 8:10 p.m. Present were Chairman
Viehman, Commissioners Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, Dibbern and HR Director Art
Malinowski. At 8:30 p.m. a motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by
Commissioner Dibbern to adjourn the executive session. All Commissioners present
voted in favor of the motion.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:
The regular open meeting was called back to order at 8:31 p.m. for the purpose of
making position offers.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate # 12 : Michael Agos. A motion was made by
Commissioner Dibbern, seconded by Commissioner Loeb, to make a conditional
offer of employment to FF/PM Candidate Agos. Commissioners Karge, Loeb,
Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted against the motion. No offer will be made to
the candidate.
A special meeting for the purpose of holding an executive session will be held on
Thursday June 16, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Police Department.
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ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was
adjourned by the Chair at 8:33 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
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