2011-01-04 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Meeting ate: 01/04/2011
Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting January 4, 2011
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 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, and HR Director Art Malinowski.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Commissioner Loeb made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPO Regular
Meeting of December 7, 2010, seconded by Commissioner Lukatsky. The motion
was approved by a voice vote.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
Chairman Viehman asked the Board to review the BFPO Annual Report. Mr.
Malinowski will deliver the report to the Village Board at their next meeting. The
year was very busy with Fire Department activities and 2011 will also be busy with
Police Department activities. He congratulated the Board for another very
successful year and noted that the Board will continue to participate when asked to
do so.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS:
The Commissioners present had no new news to report.
CHIEF REPORTS:
FIRE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Vavra apologized for not being at last months meeting as he
was at a fire. One firefighter had a minor injury and was back to
work very soon.
B. Chief Vavra reported that one FF/PM who was out on medical leave
is now back to light duty and will be doing some statistical analysis
work. Commissioner Loeb offered his expertise for the analysis
work. Commissioner Loeb is interested in determining the ultimate
outcomes of patients being transported. It was noted that it is
difficult to get results from the hospitals for such an analysis.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
A. Chief Balinski thanked the Board for their participation in the
Make an Angel Smile Party. It was a great event.
B. Chief Balinski reported that one officer is on medical leave for 4-6
weeks, one officer currently on light duty should return to full duty
mid January and one officer on light duty should return to full duty
at the end of January.
C. Chairman Viehman noted that the calls for service and crashes
were down but would like to get comparative data. Chief Balinski
will forward to the Commissioners the Traffic and Management
Report that will give greater detail.
D. Commissioner Karge asked about the results for the Safe Run on
21. Chief Balinski will forward the results once they become
available.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. Chairman Viehman noted that the advertisements for Police Officer testing
will go out in a couple of months.
B. Chairman Viehman presented the Police Sergeant Promotional Eligibility
Ranking Process letter to Chief Balinski for posting.
NEW BUSINESS:
There was no new business to discuss.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Commissioner Lukatsky to adjourn the meeting at 7:18 p.m.,
seconded by Commissioner Karge. The motion was approved by voice vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners