2005-02-01 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Meeting ate: 02/01/2005
Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting
Village of Buffalo Grove
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of February 1, 2005 Regular Meeting
I. CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Jackson, at the Village of Buffalo Grove Police Headquarters
Building, Administration Conference Room, called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Jackson
noted the absence of Secretary/Commissioner Lane and requested that Commissioner Rubin serve as
Acting Secretary.
II. ROLL CALL: Acting Secretary Rubin called the roll. Commissioners present were Chairman
Jackson, Acting Secretary Rubin, Commissioner Anderson and Commissioner Karge. Secretary Lane
was noted as absent. A quorum was found to be present. Also in attendance were Police Chief Balinski
and Fire Chief Sashko, as well as Staff Liaison Malinowski.
III. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES of the Regular Board Meeting of January 4, 2005. Motion made
by Commissioner Karge, seconded by Commissioner Anderson to approve the Minutes, subject to
corrections. Chairman Jackson requested that under"NEW BUSINESS", the reference to Officer Chris
Senese, should be revised to reflect that the request to be excused from duty was for what may be
determined to be "job related"disability. No further corrections were noted. The Motion to approve
passed unanimously.
IV. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT: Chairman Jackson distributed to the Commissioners a revised Police
Officer Application that will be in PDF format on the Village Web Site. Chairman Jackson asked that
comments regarding the Form, be forwarded to him, as soon as possible. A short preliminary discussion
in regard to the form, followed. Chairman Jackson noted that Commissioner Rubin was running
unopposed for the position of Village Trustee in the April 5, 2005 election. He further noted that
Commissioner Rubin may be appointed by the Village President and Trustees as Village Trustee to fill the
current vacancy due to Trustee Johnson's appointment as a Lake County Judge... and that in that event,
the Chairman and Village President will be reviewing Talent Bank Applications for replacement
Commissioner. The Chairman also noted that all Commissioner terms will expire on April 1, 2005 and
that all terms are subject to re-appointment by the Village President.
V. COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS: Commissioner Karge requested that Lateral Hires for the Police
Department be on the next Agenda.
VI. OLD BUSINESS:
a. Discussion took place as to the status of the Fire Lieutenant promotional process due to union
negotiations.
b. Discussion took place on the 2005 police officer recruitment and testing process schedule.
Proposed schedule was distributed. Oral interview dates were discussed and revised schedule including
said dates will be forwarded to the Commissioners on Wednesday.
VII. NEW BUSINESS:
a. Discussion took place as to the possible extension of the current Fire Lieutenant list which
expires February 11, 2005. A motion was made by Commissioner Karge, seconded by Commissioner
Anderson to extend the list to August 1, 2006, subject to 30 calendar day advance written notice to
terminate the said list on an earlier date, due to and subject to the Village and Bargaining Unit
Agreements. The Motion passed unanimously.
b. The draft of the 2004 Commission Annual Report was distributed and discussed.
C. Chief Sashko discussed House Bill#3 on Preference Points for Fire Fighters that should not
impact the Village of Buffalo Grove.
d. Chief Sashko discussed House Bill 401 deleting the age of 35 ceiling and in lieu thereof referring
to the "ability to do the job".
e. Chief Sashko discussed Proposed Consortium Physical Agility Testing.
VII I. Executive Session: Motion to go into Executive Session was made by Commissioner Anderson,
seconded by Commissioner Karge. The motion passed unanimously at 8:08 p.m..
IX. New Business Continued: Returned to Public Session at 8:40 p.m.
X. Adjourment: Motion made by Commissioner Anderson, seconded by Commissioner Karge to
Adjourn. The motion passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Brian Rubin
Acting Secretary
VBG BOARD OF FIRE & POLICE COMMISSIONERS