Mayor Jeffery Schielke | City of Batavia Website
Mayor Jeffery Schielke | City of Batavia Website
City of Batavia Board of Fire & Police Commissioners met May 6
Here are the minutes provided by the commissioners:
The meeting of the Batavia Fire & Police Commission was called to order at 4:15 p.m.
Roll Call
Members Present: Nancy Vance, Chairman; Dennis Anderson, Secretary; Randy Zies, Commissioner
Members Absent:
Guests: Eric Blowers, Chief of Police; Joanne Miller, Recording Secretary
MATTERS FROM THE PUBLIC
None.
MEETING MINUTES
Motion: To approve March 14, 2025, Special Meeting and Executive Session meeting minutes.
Maker: Anderson
Second: Zies
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To approve April 1, 2025, Regular Meeting and Executive Session meeting minutes.
Maker: Anderson
Second: Zies
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
CORRESPONDENCE: None
MAYOR’S AUTHRIZATIONS: None
INVOICES
Motion: To approve invoice #331753, dated March 10, 2025, from Daily Herald, in the amount of $683, for advertising the 2025 Lateral Police Officer Testing.
Maker: Anderson
Second: Zies
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Batavia Board of Fire & Police Commissioners
Motion: To approve invoice #47570, dated April 15, 2025, from The Blue Line, in the amount of $25, for moving the 2025 Lateral Police Officer Testing advertisement to the top of the page on April 3, 2025.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To approve invoice #47626, dated April 21, 2025, from The Blue Line, in the amount of $25, for moving the 2025 Lateral Police Officer Testing advertisement to the top of the page on April 21, 2025.
Maker: Anderson
Second: Vance
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To approve invoice #Batavia 25-02, dated April 19, 2025, from Trotsky Investigative Polygraph, Inc, in the amount of $630, for 3 police officer candidate polygraphs.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
Fire Department
N/A
Police Department
2024 Police Officer Eligibility Lists
2024 Primary Police Officer Eligibility List
Motion: To remove 2024 Primary Police Officer candidate #17 from the hiring process for the Batavia Police Department.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To remove 2024 Primary Police Officer candidate #21 from the hiring process for the Batavia Police Department.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To remove 2024 Primary Police Officer candidate #26 from the hiring process for the Batavia Police Department.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To remove 2024 Primary Police Officer candidate #27 from the hiring process for the Batavia Police Department.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To remove 2024 Primary Police Officer candidate #28 from the hiring process for the Batavia Police Department.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To remove 2024 Primary Police Officer candidate #29 from the hiring process for the Batavia Police Department.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To remove 2024 Primary Police Officer candidate #30 from the hiring process for the Batavia Police Department.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To remove 2024 Primary Police Officer candidate #31 from the hiring process for the Batavia Police Department.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To grant a 1st pass to 2024 Primary Police Officer candidate #33.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To remove 2024 Primary Police Officer candidate #34 from the hiring process for the Batavia Police Department.
Maker: Zies
Second: Anderson
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
2025 Police Officer Testing
2025 Lateral Certified Police Officer Testing
The deadline for applying for the lateral police officer testing was extended from April 21, 2025, to May 5, 2025, to give more people time to apply. The final total was 9 applications. The testing company will let us know if all the applicants are eligible to take the test. All eligible applicants will take the test online between May 20-22, 2025.
2025 Primary (Entry & Certified) Police Officer Testing
The 2024 Primary Police Officer eligibility is getting close to being exhausted. Chief Blowers recommends that the board conduct another in-person police test in August 2025. The reason for testing is that if the department needs to replace officers between now and next summer, they will need more candidates to fill the vacancies. In-person testing can only be done during the summer because the commissioners use the middle school for testing and that is when the school is available. Should the 2024 list still have candidates on the list at that time, the board will combine the 2025 list with the 2024 list. The 2024 candidates will have the opportunity to test again and use the highest score for placement on the list and they will move their expiration date to the new expiration date. If they don’t wish to test again, they will be placed on the combined list with the previous score and expiration date. The board asked recording secretary Joanne Miller to reach out to the testing company to see if there is an opening in August for testing.
Review Police Officer Hiring Requirements
Executive Session
The Board entered into the Executive Session at 4:32p.m.
Motion: To approve going into Executive Session to discuss Personnel Matters at 4:20 p.m.
Maker: Anderson
Second: Zies
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Motion: To approve leaving Executive Session and returning to Open Session at 5:01 p.m.
Maker: Anderson
Second: Zies
Voice Vote: 3 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Absent. All in favor. Motion carried.
Open Session
The Board returned to Open Session at 5:01p.m.
OLD BUSINESS
None.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to consider, Secretary Anderson made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:01 p.m. Second, by Commissioner Zies. All in favor. Motion carried.
Ayes 3 Nays 0 Absent 0
The meeting was adjourned at 5:01 p.m. The next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in the Batavia Police Department starting at 4:00 p.m.
https://www.bataviail.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05062025-2412
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