City of Elgin Board of Fire and Police Commissioners met Dec. 19.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
Present: Cmmr. June Wooten
Cmmr. Anthony Ortiz
David Schmidt, Fire Chief
Ana Lalley, Chief of Police
Absent: Chair Thomas Aagesen
Staff: Tim Bennett
The meeting was called to order at 5:03 p.m. by Cmmr. Wooten.
Approval of the Minutes
Chief Schmidt made a motion to approve July 18, 2019 minutes. It was seconded by Chief Lalley. Motion carried 4-0.
Discussion on Police testing process
Chief Lalley wanted to discuss the possibility of changing some of the requirements for Police Officer. She stated that we will be hiring very soon and the changes she is proposing will not take effect for this next testing cycle, but would like to implement changes for the testing processes once this testing process is complete.
Chief Lalley’s proposal is to change the education requirement to a high school diploma and then implement preference points for education beyond the high school diploma.
Preference points would be given for a bachelor’s degree, Associates, Masters degrees.
Additional points toward preference would be given for Elgin residency and military service.
Cmmr. Wooten asked questions to the Chief as to whether the change in the education requirement would affect the promotional process. Chief Lalley stated that the education requirement would stay the same.
Chief Schmidt explained that the change to the educational requirement from requiring college to only requiring a high school diploma for firefighters has increased the number of applicants, but is too soon to tell how effective it has been with the candidates that have recently been hired. They have not had any issues and the candidates seem to be working out well.
Chief Lalley discussed the thoughts of including a lateral process for the recruitment process. Staff Liaison Bennett will contact other departments to see how they administer the lateral process and how many other municipalities actually have that process.
Executive Session
At 5:23 p.m. Chief Lalley made the motion, seconded by Chief Schmidt to adjourn to executive session to discuss a police officer candidate currently on the eligibility list.
Motion carried 4-0.
Returned to open session at 5:35 p.m.
Chief Lalley made the motion, seconded Chief Schmidt Cagann to postpone making an offer to the police candidate until we can get further information about his background and make a determination at the next Fire and Police Board meeting. Motion carried 4-0.
Adjournment
Chief Lalley made the motion, seconded by Chief Schmidt to adjourn the meeting at 5:42 p.m. Motion carried 4-0.
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