2007-07-10 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board or Commission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Meeting ate: 07/10/2007
Type of Meeting: ❑ Rescheduled Regular Meeting
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting July 10, 2007
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 Fire 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, Lukatsky and Dibbern. Absent was Commissioner Loeb. Also
in attendance were Fire Chief Tim Sashko, Deputy Police Chief Dunne, and HR Director Mr. Art
Malinowski.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Commissioner Lukatsky made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Regular Meeting of
June 5, 2007, seconded by Commissioner Karge. The motion was approved by a voice vote.
Commissioner Lukatsky made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Special Meeting of
July 2, 2007, seconded by Commissioner Karge. The motion was approved by a voice vote.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
Chairman Viehman offered congratulations to newly promoted Lt./Paramedic Shawn Collins and
Lt./Paramedic Scott Olsen of the BGFD and to the appointment of FF/PM Robert Hermann to
the same department. He complemented Chief Sashko on doing a fine job at the promotion
ceremony.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORT:
Commissioners had no news to report.
CHIEF REPORTS:
Chief Sashko notified the Commission that the department is down two
firefighter/paramedics with the recent retirement of Lt. Larry Andres and Lt. Al Cantwell
and the promotions of Collins and Olsen.
Deputy Chief Dunne reported that Officer Bock is now in field training and Officers Rossi
and Bowen are in their final stages of field training. All are progressing well.
OLD BUSINESS:
The Lateral Entry report will be submitted to the Village within the next few weeks.
NEW BUSINESS:
The Police Officer Candidate recruiting process is nearing the end. Special consideration for
preference points was discussed for a candidate who is still enlisted and on active duty
but will be discharged shortly. The Rules state that for preference points to be available
the candidate must be honorably discharged. In this case, the exit date is known and a
letter was received verifying this from the Marine Corp. A motion was made by
Commissioner Karge, seconded by Commissioner Lukatsky to approve the granting of
preference points available to candidate D Hawkins. Commissioners Karge, Lukatsky,
Dibbern and Viehman voted in support of the motion. A motion was made by
Commissioner Karge, seconded by Commissioner Lukatsky to approve preference points
as certified to the other 5 candidates applying for points. Commissioners Karge,
Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted in support of the motion.
When the Police Officer Candidates Final Eligibility List for 2007 was being finalized, a
number of candidates had tied scores. After considerable discussion a motion was made
by Commissioner Lukatsky, seconded by Commissioner Karge: In the event that
candidates on the Police Officer entry eligibility list have equal scores and thereby would
occupy the same position rank on the list, the tie will be broken for purposes of the
eligibility listing by the written test score of the candidate, the high score receiving rank
preference. Should a tie continue after applying the written score, a coin flip conducted
by the Board will determine rank preference. The motion was approved by voice vote.
There was also discussion pertaining in the event of a tie for the Firefighter/PM entry
eligibility list. A motion was made by Commissioner Karge, seconded by Commissioner
Lukatsky: In the event that a candidate on the Firefighter/PM entry eligibility list have
equal scores and thereby would occupy the same position rank on the list, the tie will be
broken for purposes of eligibility listing by the written score of the candidate, the high
score receiving rank preference. Should a tie continue after applying the written score,
the essential job skills score will be used as the tie breaker, with the higher score
receiving rank preference. The motion was approved by voice vote.
A motion was made by Commissioner Lukatsky, seconded by Commissioner Karge, to
approve the Police Officer Candidates Final Eligibility List 2007. The motion was
approved by voice vote.
ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION:
Motion was made my Commissioner Dibbern and seconded by Commissioner Lukatsky to
adjourn the open session and move to Executive Session at 8:11 p.m. All Commissioners
present voted in favor of the motion.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The executive session was called to order at 8:13 p.m. Present were Chairman Viehman,
Commissioners Karge, Lukatsky, Dibbern and HR Director Art Malinowski. At 8:30 p.m. a
motion was made by Commissioner Lukatsky and seconded by Commissioner Dibbern to
adjourn the executive session. All Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:
The open session resumed at 8:31 p.m. for the purpose of making position offers.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate # 13: William Navarro. A motion was made by
Commissioner Dibbern, seconded by Commissioner Lukatsky to make a conditional offer
of employment to firefighter/paramedic candidate Navarro. Commissioners Karge,
Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted in support of the motion. Chairman Viehman
will contact the candidate and make the conditional offer of employment.
Firefighter/Paramedic Candidate # 15: Charles Kolder Jr. A motion was made by
Commissioner Lukatsky, seconded by Commissioner Karge to make a conditional offer
of employment to firefighter/paramedic candidate Kolder Jr. Commissioners Karge,
Lukatsky, Dibbern and Viehman voted in support of the motion. Chairman Viehman
will contact the candidate and make the conditional offer of employment.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made at 8:34 p.m. by Commissioner Lukatsky, seconded by Commissioner Karge
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