City of Geneva Board of Fire & Police Commission met Feb. 23.
Here is the minutes provided by the Commission:
1. Call to Order
Chair Northrup called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
Present: Chair Arnold Northrup, Commissioner Brian Jones, and Commissioner Jennifer McMahon
Absent: None
2. Items of Business
a. Approval of January 17, 2017, Meeting Minutes
Commissioner Jones moved to approve the January 17, 2017, minutes. Seconded by Commissioner McMahon and unanimously passed by those present.
b. Public Commentary
None.
c. Correspondences
Chair Northrup said that he sent out documents regarding the Police Commander promotional list to the Board. They were posted and signed documents were returned to Chair Northrup. Only five candidates were qualified to proceed. Chair Northrup also exchanged emails with City Administrator Dawkins regarding the Board’s draft Rules and Regulations as well as the draft budget. Chair Northrup received email from Commissioner McMahon regarding the final draft of the Rules and Regulations. Chair Northrup forwarded an email from the Fire Chief regarding expiring lists of firefighter, lieutenant, and Battalion Chief and personnel changes in the Department.
3. Unfinished Business
a. Pre-employment Screening Firms for Police and Fire – SBSA Discussion
Chair Northrup is interested in seeing how this assessment would work. Commissioners Jones was also interested. Commissioner McMahon did not feel comfortable to render an opinion because she did not have enough information. She noted that the Board would have to include its cost in the FY 2018 budget if it would be used. Chair Northrup estimated that there would be about 40 firefighters eligible to take the SBSA assessment, so an additional $400 should be added to the budget. He said that the Board could do their regular interviews, score them, and then compare those scores to the scores of the SBSA to see if they are comparable. Chair Northrup said that there still seems to be things to work out on what candidates would be eligible to take the SBSA. Commissioners Jones asked how long it would take to score the assessments. Chair Northrup said he remembered the representative saying three or four days. He suggested that the Board budget for the assessment, but make the final decision to do it at a later date. Chair Northrup said that the Board needed to talk to the IOS representative again to get the questions answered. Commissioner McMahon supported this course of action.
b. Approve New Rules and Regulation
Chair Northrup and Commissioner McMahon made some final edits to the draft Rules and Regulations reviewed by City Administrator Dawkins.
Commissioner Jones moved to repeal the Geneva Board of Fire and Police Commissioners’ existing rules and regulations, adopt, in replacement thereof, its new Rules and Regulations (a copy of which is attached hereto) as of February 23, 2017. To become effective no less than ten (10) days following publication of notice. Seconded by Commissioner McMahon and unanimously passed by those present.
c. Review Police Commander task sheet
Chair Northrup said that all tasks for the Police Commander recruitment that needed to be completed to date are done. He said that the Police Chief needed to get together with the Board’s testing service to choose reading materials. Chair Northrup will confirm that the Police Chief posted the study materials.
4. New Business
a. Budget Approval
Chair Northrup reviewed the Board’s draft budget. He suggested adding $400 for potentially using SBA. Commissioner McMahon noted that the $400 increases would be placed in “Other Professional Services” increased it to $11,500 with a total budget of $20,175.
Commissioner McMahon moved to recommend the BOFPC’s draft FY 2018 budget of $20,175 to the City Council. Seconded by Commissioner Jones and unanimously passed by those present.
5. Adjournment
http://www.geneva.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/02232017-921
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