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2005-09-06 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Fire& Police commission Document Type: 0 A e g nda 0 Minutes Meeting ate: 09/06/2005 Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Minutes of Regular Meeting of September 6, 2005 CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order at 7:36pm by Chairman Jackson at the Village of Buffalo Grove, Police Department Library. Secretary Loeb called the roll. Secretary Loeb noted for the record that a quorum was present at the meeting. Present were Chairman Jackson, Vice Chairman Viehman, Secretary Loeb and Commissioners Anderson and Karge. Also in attendance were Police Chief Steve Balinski and Deputy Fire Chief Dan Pearson. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Anderson made a motion to approve the minutes of August 2, 2005, which was seconded by Commissioner Karge. All Commissioners voted in favor of the motion. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT: Chairman Jackson reported that the Police Department had completed background checks on the top 4 police candidates, that the deadline for the police department power test has been moved to September 20, that Village Manager Bill Balling had approved the hiring of 4 police officers, that the next Police Academy will begin on October 4, and that the fire department bargaining agreement had progressed and is expected to be finalized by September 12. COMMISSIONER'S REPORT: Commissioner Anderson inquired about the status of the March meeting minutes and Chairman Jackson reported that he will be discussing this issue with Mr. Broiher. Chairman Jackson and Commissioner Loeb reported that they will miss the October BFPC meeting because of out of state travel. OLD BUSINESS: A. Update on the 2005 Police Sergeant promotional process and timeline: The promotional process remains on schedule and Commissioner Viehman will represent the Board at the orientation session on October 8. B. Update on Fire Department promotional process: A tentative schedule has been prepared by Chief Sashko but will not be presented officially to the Board until after the contract has been ratified. It was also reported that it is likely that the new fire department contract will include a provision that removes disciplinary processes from the purview of the Board. Several Board members expressed concern about this issue. C. Rules and regulations update: It is likely that a special meeting of the Board will be scheduled to address potential updates to the BFPC rules and regulations. NEW BUSINESS: A. Deputy Chief Pearson reported that Chief Sashko has expressed interest in modifying the fire department hiring process to require paramedic Iicensure at the time a conditional offer of employment is made rather than at the point of testing. This issue was tabled and will be discussed at the next BFPC meeting. Deputy Chief Pearson also reported that FF/PM Otto had completed his 18 month probationary period and had completed his examination with a score of 94%. FF/PM Otto was congratulated on this accomplishment. B. Chief Balinski reported that a request had been received from Officer Yester for an exception to the official notification requirement for promotion. Because adequate time was available to Officer Yester to notify the Board and staff, this request was denied. Chief Balinski also reported that Officer Chrobak was hospitalized, that Officer Tomaso was taking leave to care for ailing parents, that a disability hearing was occurring simultaneous with the BFPC meeting for Officer Senese and that Officer Mentzelopoulos has had his probationary period extended for a second time. ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION: Motion was made by Commissioner Karge and seconded by Commissioner Viehman to adjourn the open session and move to Executive Session at 8:06pm. All Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion. EXECUTIVE SESSION: The executive session began at 8:06pm and at 8:35pm a motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by Commissioner Viehman to return to open session. All Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION: The open session resumed at 8:37pm to consider making conditional offers of employment to the top 4 police candidates. Voting on the candidates was as follows: Candidate Keyes: A motion was made by Commissioner Anderson, seconded by Commissioner Viehman to offer conditional employment to candidate Keyes. All Commissioners voted against the motion and no offer will be made. Candidate Shipman: A motion was made by Commissioner Viehman, seconded by Commissioner Anderson to offer conditional employment to candidate Shipman. All Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion and Chairman Jackson will move the process forward. Candidate Moran: A motion was made by Commissioner Loeb, seconded by Commissioner Karge to offer conditional employment to candidate Moran. All Commissioners present voted against the motion and no offer will be made. Candidate Atto: A motion was made by Commissioner Viehman, seconded by Commissioner Karge to offer conditional employment to candidate Atto. Commissioners Loeb, Karge, Viehman, and Anderson voted in favor of the motion and Chairman Jackson voted against the motion. Chairman Jackson will move the process forward. A discussion ensued about the most appropriate method to begin background checks on the next group of candidates. It was reported by Chairman Jackson that the Police Department had already begun the process for the 5-7 ranked candidates on the list of eligible individuals. ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made at 8:50pm by Commissioner Anderson, seconded by Commissioner Karge to adjourn the meeting. All Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion. Respectfully submitted, Jerod M. Loeb, PhD, Secretary Board of Fire and Police Commissioners