2004-10-05 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board or Commission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Meeting ate: 10/05/2004
Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting
Village of Buffalo Grove
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of the Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 5, 2004
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: Called to order by Chairman at 7:04 p.m. in the Fire
Department's Training Room on Deerfield Parkway.
Present were Commissioners Jackson, Anderson, Karge and Rubin. Commissioner
Lane was absent. Also present were Fire Chief Sashko, Police Chief Balinski, and
Village Liaison Art Malinowski. Firefighters were present in the room for purposes of
orientation for the Lieutenant Promotion Process.
SPECIAL BUSINESS: Chairman Jackson explained to all present, step by step the
process including time lines for the Fire Lieutenant's Testing Cycle.
Questions by candidates were answered by Chairman Jackson and Chief Sashko.
At 7:29 p.m. all firefighters present for orientation excused themselves.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: At 7:30 p.m. Chairman Jackson asked that approval of
minutes be tabled since they were not received from the Secretary. Motion by
Commissioner Karge, Seconded by Commissioner Anderson. All voted to table the
minutes.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT: Police Officer Candidate Donald Cummings Declined and Police
Officer Candidates Kristan Welton, Matthew Jones, Melissa Horbus and Jesse Kulla
"passed"; two new backgrounds for Wang and Paszek will be distributed to the
Commissioners shortly; Firefighter David Mahan will miss the written test for Lieutenant
due to his honeymoon. He intends on participating in the remainder of the process. He
understands that he will receive a zero score for the written exam portion; a review of
the impact of HB 4247 on the Open Meetings Act and the Commission took place.
COMMISSIONERS' REPORT: None
OLD BUSINESS: Age Requirement for Police Officer. Chief Balinski distributed
information for the Commissioners' consideration and future discussion. It was also
agreed that the issue of Lateral Transfers would at the same time be revisited.
NEW BUSINESS: Motion by Commissioner Karge, Seconded by Commissioner
Anderson to approve the seniority points claimed, as presented and amended by Chief
Sashko. Motioned passed unanimously; Discussed the number of times that a
candidate can claim military preference points - consensus was that no change to
current rule was appropriate; Discussion on Enhancements to the Police Officer
recruitment and testing process was deferred to the next meeting; Discussion on the
possible appointment of a Vice Chairman of the Commission was also deferred to the
next meeting... however the Chairman stated that upon review, there is no requirement
for such an appointment; There was a consensus that after the current testing cycle that
a complete and in depth review of the BFPC Rules and Regulations should be
undertaken; A discussion took place in regards to the State Association of Fire and
Police Commissioners Seminar October 29.30 and 31. Since it is local, All
Commissioners who are able to attend are urged to do so and it appears that the Village
will pay the registration fees and related expenses; A discussion took place that
candidates for Fire Lieutenant and grieve each portion of the process; a discussion took
place on the Chief being present as an observer at oral interviews for Lieutenants. It
was the consensus that his presence was appropriate and welcome.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: 8:29 p.m. Motion by Commissioner Karge, Seconded by
Commissioner Anderson to go into Executive Session.
NEW BUSINESS — CONTINUED: 8:32 p.m. Returned to Public Session. 8:33 p.m.
Motion by Commissioner Karge, Seconded by Commissioner Anderson to make a
Conditional Offer of employment to Aaron Shipley for Police Officer. All Commissioners
present voted no.
ADJOURNMENT: 8:34 p.m. Motion by Commissioner Karge, Seconded by Commissioner
Anderson to adjourn. All Commissioners present voted yes.
Respectfully submitted,
Brian Rubin
Acting Secretary, of Board of Fire and Police Commissioners