2007-03-06 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board or Commission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Meeting ate: 03/06/2007
Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of Regular Meeting March 6, 2007
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order at 7:34 pm 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 Loeb, Karge and Dibbern. Not present was Commissioner Lukatsky.
Also in attendance were Police Chief Steve Balinski, Deputy Fire Chief Dan Pearson and Village
HR Director Mr. Art Malinowski.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Commissioner Loeb made a motion to approve the minutes of the BFPC Meeting of February 6,
2007, seconded by Commissioner Karge. The motion was approved by a voice vote.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT:
Chairman Viehman congratulated Commander Bucalo and Sergeants' Bethge and Eisenmenger
on their promotions. Congratulations to Fire Lieutenant Wendy Durkin. She is the first female
officer in the Fire Department. He also noted our appreciation to the Village for hosting the
Volunteer Recognition Day held February 25, 2007. Commissioner Karge was recognized for
serving 15 years on the BFPC.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORT:
Commissioners had no news to report.
CHIEF REPORTS:
Chief Balinski has requested an additional position in next years budget to support the SRC
Program. This would bring total headcount to 71.
Deputy Chief Dan Pearson reported that the department was at full strength.
OLD BUSINESS:
The Police Officer recruitment and hiring process has begun. Notices have been placed in a
number of newspapers and in the Blue Line. Orientation is scheduled for March 24 at
9:00 a.m. and on March 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Buffalo Grove High School. Testing will be
conducted on March 31 at 9:00 a.m. at BGHS. The Written Examination will be
conducted in the morning and the Physical Agility Test in the afternoon. Commissioners
should report at 8:00 a.m.
NEW BUSINESS:
There was no new business to discuss.
ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION:
Motion was made my Commissioner Dibbern and seconded by Commissioner Karge to adjourn
the open session at 7:50 p.m. and move to Executive Session for the purpose of considering
police officer and firefighter candidates for employment. All Commissioners present voted in
favor of the motion.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The executive session was called to order at 7:55 p.m. Present were Chairman Viehman,
Commissioners Loeb, Karge, and Dibbern and Mr. Malinowski. At 8:25 p.m. a motion was
made by Commissioner Karge and seconded by Commissioner Loeb to adjourn the executive
session. All Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:
The open session resumed at 8:25 p.m. for the purpose of making position offers.
Candidate # 51: Cynthia Bock. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded
by Commissioner Dibbern to make a final offer of employment to candidate Bock.
Commissioners Loeb, Karge, Dibbern and Viehman voted in support of the motion.
Chairman Viehman will contact the candidate and make the final offer of employment.
Candidate #55: Tomasz Smietana. A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb,
seconded by Commissioner Karge to make a conditional offer of employment to
candidate Smietana. Commissioners Loeb, Karge, Dibbern and Viehman voted in
support of the motion. Chairman Viehman will contact the candidate and make the offer
of conditional employment.
Fire Fighter Position: It was felt by the commissioners that there was not sufficient
information in the investigation report for them to make a decision on the candidate. A
motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by Commissioner Karge to defer
taking action at this time. Commissioners Loeb, Karge, Dibbern and Viehman voted in
support of the motion. Chairman Viehman will go back to the department and request
additional information.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made at 8:40 p.m. by Commissioner Karge, 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