2009-06-02 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Meeting ate: 06/02/2009
Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting June 2, 2009
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Viehman in the Chief s
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 Deputy Police Chief Jamie Dunne, Fire Chief Terry Vavra, HR
Director Art Malinowski, and Village Trustee Liaison Steve Trilling.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Loeb made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Regular Meeting of
May 5, 2009, seconded by Commissioner Lukatsky. The motion was approved by a voice
vote.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
Chairman Viehman handed out to the Commissioners a memorandum on
Communication with Village Department Heads and Staff for their information and
review.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS:
Commissioners had no news to report.
CHIEF REPORTS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief Vavra reported that things were going very well.
The Battalion Chief testing will be conducted in the fall. All testing will be
done internally. Around 7 employees have shown interest in testing. The
list will be good for two years. Chairman Viehman indicated that the
book Public Safety Oral Interview Handbook may have additional
questions for consideration during the interview process.
Chief Vavra reported that the PPR's are a sticking point but they must learn
from the PPR's and this in an opportunity for the officers to mentor the
FF/PM.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Deputy Police Chief Dunne reported that the department has two officers on
light duty.
He also indicated that the department will assist with the written police
testing process.
OLD BUSINESS
Chairman Viehman reminded the Commissioners that the Police Officer Written
exam will be held on June 13, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. in the BGHS Cafeteria. The
Candidates must have a valid NIPSTA Card for admission to the written test.
Doors close at 9:00 a.m. The Police Department recruitment team will help in
the registration process. Each candidate will get a ticket with a number on it
and this number will be the identifier on the score card. The candidates will need
a 75% score to pass. The top 50 and ties will proceed to the Oral Interview. The
Oral Interviews will take place on June 27 and June 28.
NEW BUSINESS
Chairman Viehman introduced and welcomed Village Trustee Liaison Steve Trilling
to the meeting. Trustee Trilling noted that he had very little knowledge of the
Fire and Police Commission and asked the Mayor to be appointed to this
Commission as Liaison so he could learn and offer more as a Trustee. He will
not participate but actively learn and observe.
A motion was made by Commissioner Dibbern, seconded by Commissioner Loeb, to
approve the Fire Lieutenant Final Eligibility Register, effective June 7, 2009,
expiring June 7, 2012. The motion was passed by voice vote.
Chief Vavra appreciated all the work done by the Commissioners on this process.
Chairman Viehman asked Commissioner Loeb to please review the Rules and
Regulations for modifications needed for the NIPSTA and CPAT testing process.
ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION
Motion was made by Commissioner Lukatsky and seconded by Commissioner Karge to
adjourn the open session and move to Executive Session at 8:09 p.m. for the purpose of
discussing Police Officer oral interview questions. All Commissioners present voted in
favor of the motion.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The executive session was called to order at 8:10 p.m. Present were Chairman Viehman,
Commissioners Loeb, Karge, Lukatsky, Dibbern, HR Director Art Malinowski, and Village
Trustee Liaison Steve Trilling. At 8:37 p.m. a motion was made by Commissioner Loeb
and seconded by Commissioner Lukatsky to adjourn the executive session. All
Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
The open session resumed at 8:37 p.m. for the purpose of adjourning the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made at 8:37 p.m. by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by Commissioner Karge
to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned
Respectfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners