2003-04-01 - Board of Fire and Police Commissioners - Minutes Board orCommission: ❑ Fire& Police commission
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Meeting ate: 04/01/2003
Type of Meeting: ❑ Regular Meeting
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Tuesday, April 1, 2003
CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM by Chairman
Jackson at the Village of Buffalo Grove Police Headquarters Building. Acting Secretary Karge
called the roll. Acting Secretary Karge noted for the record that a quorum of the Commissioners
was present at the meeting. The Commissioners present were Chairman Jackson,
Commissioner Anderson and Commissioner Karge. Commissioners Lane and Rubin were
absent. Also, in attendance at the meeting were Police Chief McCann, Deputy Police Chief
Balinski, Deputy Fire Chief Pearson and Village Staff Liaison Malinowski.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A motion was made by Commissioner Anderson, seconded by
Commissioner Karge to accept the minutes of the meeting of March 4, 2003. All commissioners
present voted to accept the minutes.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT: Chairman Jackson reported that the HB 1195, "Fire Fighter Promotion
Act" had passed the House and is currently in the Senate for their vote.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORT: None
OLD BUSINESS: Commissioners have received the schedule for the upcoming Spring 2003
Police Officer Candidate Testing Cycle starting on May 10, 2003. It was suggested that the
schedule for "Initial Testing Information" should not state the location where the Written
Examination and the Physical Agility Test will be held to insure each candidate attend the
Orientation. Village Staff Liaison Malinowski discussed the newspapers that will run the ads to
inform about recruit testing process and he is investigating the possibility of advertising in the
Russian newspaper. Also, the ad will run in the "Blue Line" publication and on the Chicago radio
station WLS.
NEW BUSINESS: Duputy Fire Chief Pearson presented the "Background Investigation
Manuals" for Brett E. Csajaghy #7, James L. Fogg, Jr. #8, and Kurk P. Paleka #9 for the
Commissioners' consideration.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: At 7:50 PM, a motion was made by Commissioner Anderson to go into
Executive Session for the purposes of discussion of the Lateral Entry Program. The motion was
seconded by Commissioner Karge. Acting Secretary Karge called the roll. Chairman Jackson
and Commissioners Anderson and Karge voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed. The
Commissioners returned to the Regular Meeting at 8:18 PM. The Police Lateral Entry proposal
was tabled until the May meeting in order to be discussed with the full commission.
ADJOURNMENT: Motion was made by Commissioner Anderson and seconded by
Commissioner Karge to adjourn the meet at 8:20 PM. Acting Secretary Karge called the roll. All
Commissioners present voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Ernest W. Karge
Acting Secretary
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners