2007-08-07 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Meeting ate: 08/07/2007
Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting August 7, 2007
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order at 7:31 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 Wagner, and HR
Director Mr. Art Malinowski.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Commissioner Karge made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Regular Meeting of July 7,
2007, seconded by Commissioner Lukatsky. The motion was approved by a voice vote. Commissioner
Loeb abstained.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
Chairman Viehman offered congratulations to Art and his wife on the birth of their daughter Mia.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORT:
Commissioners had no news to report.
CHIEF REPORTS:
Deputy Chief Wagner reported the suspension of an officer for one day due to lack of traffic
performance. Officer Bock is in her second month of training and doing well. He reported one
officer was on light duty due to a broken toe (non work related) and another officer was off as a
result of surgery. Discussions were held on the new vendor for psychological assessments.
The feedback was positive with special note to the excellent narrative write ups.
OLD BUSINESS:
The new Police Officer Candidate Final Eligibility List was effective August 5. Investigations have
started for two open positions. The next academy starts October 1.
The lateral entry program is ready to go to the Trustees.
NEW BUSINESS:
The timeline for the next Police Academy is very tight. The Power Testing is two weeks prior to the
Academy. As a result we need to look at moving the process up about 6 weeks. In order to
accommodate this and be sure we can get candidates into the next session Chairman Viehman
proposed the following schedule:
Special Meeting August 27 Conditional Offer
Regular Meeting September 4
Special Meeting September 11 Final Offer
Special Meeting September 17 Swearing In
B. Mark Oeltgen has resigned and is taking a Firefighter position in Florida. There is now a vacancy.
ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION:
Motion was made my Commissioner Karge and seconded by Commissioner Loeb to adjourn the open
session and move to Executive Session at 8:05 p.m. for the purpose of discussing personnel. All
Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The executive session was called to order at 8:05 p.m. Present were Chairman Viehman, Commissioners
Karge, Loeb, Lukatsky, Dibbern and HR Director Art Malinowski. At 8:25 p.m. a motion was made by
Commissioner Lukatsky and seconded by Commissioner Karge to adjourn the executive session. All
Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:
The open session resumed at 8:26 p.m.
Deputy Chief Dan Pearson arrived to represent the Fire Department. He apologized for being late but
was detained as a result of a power outage at a Senior Community. He confirmed that Mark
Oeltgen will be leaving August 16. He reported one Firefighter was back to duty and one was on
light duty as a result of biking incident. He also handed out a draft schedule for the new FF/PM
Eligibility List. The current list expires July 26, 2008.
The following offers were made:
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate# 13: William Navarro. A motion was made by
Commissioner Karge, seconded by Commissioner Dibbern to make a final offer of
employment to firefighter/paramedic candidate Navarro. Commissioners Karge, Loeb,
Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted in support of the motion. Chairman Viehman will
contact the candidate and make the final offer of employment.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate# 15: Charles Kolder Jr. A motion was made by
Commissioner Lukatsky, seconded by Commissioner Loeb to make a final offer of
employment to firefighter/paramedic candidate Kolder Jr. Commissioners Karge, Loeb,
Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted in support of the motion. Chairman Viehman will
contact the candidate and make the final offer of employment.
Note to Chief Sashko: The Commission was pleased to see the recent front page article on the
retirement of Lt. Larry Andrees. In the future we would like that you encourage the Board to be
present at such events so we may also extend thanks for good service.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made at 8:38 p.m. by Commissioner Lukatsky, seconded by Commissioner Dibbern to
adjourn the meeting. All Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion and the meeting was
adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane L. Dibbern, Secretary
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners