2011-04-05 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Meeting ate: 04/05/2011
Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting of April 5, 2011
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 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, and Dibbern. Not present was Commissioner Lukatsky. 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 March 1,
2011, seconded by Commissioner Karge. The motion was approved by a voice vote.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
Chairman Viehman thanked both departments and the village administration for the many good
wishes during his recent illness. He thanked Commissioners Loeb, Dibbern and Karge for their
leadership in handling the Police Officer Orientation sessions. He also thanked Commander Szos,
Sergeant Bethge and Corporal Spolar for their lead from the department for the two sessions as well
as all the officers and staff who helped to make it happen. Chairman Viehman thanked Chief
Balinski for the opening remarks and for conducting very professional sessions. He thanked Mr.
Malinowski for his presence at both meetings to help answer any questions.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS:
The Commissioners present had no new news to report.
CHIEF REPORTS:
FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Vavra noted on behalf of the department that we are glad that Chairman
Viehman is back and feeling better.
B. Chief Vavra announced that drastic changes are here for the department and
will continue to experience change.
a. Bureau Clerk Carol Gac retired on March 25th. She has kept 3 Deputy
Fire Marshalls in line for over 20 years.
b. Deputy Chief Dan Pearson and Battalion Chief Gary Belfield will retire
on May 6, 2011 and Public Education Officer Arthur"Skip" Hart will
retire on May 9, 2011.
c. Kathy Abangan has announced her retirement date of May 31, 2011.
C. Chief Vavra said the department is losing 100 years of experience and he expects
at least one more retirement announcement shortly.
D. Chief Vavra reported one FF/PM is on light duty and another will be going on
light duty soon.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Balinski thanked the Commissioners that attended the two sessions of
Pollee Orientation.
B. Chief Balinski noted that Commander Szos accepted the departments 6rh CALEA
Accreditation at the Conference in Maryland.
C. Chief Balinski reported no one was on light duty.
D. Chief Balinski noted that the department may be losing another Deputy Chief,
two sergeants and an officer as the result of the VSI program. He reported that
Office employee Carol Anderson is leaving.
OLD BUSINESS:
There was no old business to discuss.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Review of the PO Orientation Process
a. There were 127 applicants on Saturday and 289 applicants on Tuesday for a total
applicant pool of 416. These numbers speak very highly for the department. The
group was diverse and also contained officers from other departments. All the
applications are with Mr. Malinowski.
b. Commissioner Loeb also commended the turnout of the officers to help at the
session, the set up was done well and the officers were very responsive and
showed camaraderie and a great team effort. It was also a very diverse group of
officers that are committed to this process.
B. The next phase of the process is the written test. The fees collected at orientation will
cover the cost of the tests.
C. On April 15 the Pollee Sergeant Application Paekage will be made available. The
application for Sergeant and the applicant's two sergeant picks for the PPR must be
returned. Resumes will now be turned in at the time of the written test for the
Commissioners to review. Resumes will no longer be accepted at time of the oral
interview.
D. Commissioner Loeb will not be able to attend the May Meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Commissioner Karge to adjourn the meeting at 7:32 p.m., seconded by
Commissioner Dibbern. The motion was approved by voice vote.
Respeetfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary
Board of Fire and Pollee Commissioners