Sycamore Fire and Police Commission
Special Meeting Minutes
ROLL CALL
Chairman Dailey called the
meeting to order. Present at the
meeting were: Commissioner Ron Short, Commissioner Jeff Petersen, Fire Chief
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion
Commissioner Short moved to
approve the agenda and Commissioner Petersen seconded the motion.
Vote
All Commissioners voted aye.
Motion carried 3 - 0.
APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES
Motion
Commissioner Petersen moved
to approve the minutes from the August 25, 2006 and Commissioner Short seconded
the motion.
Vote
All Commissioners voted aye.
Motion carried 3 - 0.
PRESENTATION OF
COMMUNICATIONS AND BILLS
The Commission had received an invoice for $1,000.00
from Marv Fogel for the psychological examinations he performed on Adam Honiotes
and Ryan Gustafson, the two current Firefighter candidates.
Motion
Commissioner Petersen moved
to approve the payment of the bill from Marv Fogel for $1,000.00 and
Commissioner Short seconded the motion.
Vote
All Commissioners voted aye.
Motion carried 3 - 0.
OLD BUSINESS
There was no old business to
address.
NEW BUSINESS
A.
Status on the Hiring of Two New Firefighters
Chairman
Dailey reported that candidates Adam Honiotes and Ryan Gustafson had both
passed the physical agility and psychological examinations.
Recording Secretary Tritle
explained that the background and medical examinations were not repeated,
since these
were done when both candidates were hired on as Paid-on-Call Firefighters
through the
Intern program.
Chief Riddle told the Commissioners that Mr. Fogel had told him that
both candidates had passed their psychological examinations and there
were no issues
present that would keep them from being hired as Firefighters.
Motion
Commissioner Short moved to
approve the hiring of Adam Honiotes and Ryan Gustafson for the position of
Firefighter/Paramedic in the Sycamore Fire Department and Commissioner Petersen
seconded the motion.
Vote
All Commissioners voted aye.
Motion carried 3 - 0.
B.
Discussion Concerning Final Hiring Procedures
Chairman Dailey stated that the Commission needed to come up with a
definitive policy
concerning final interviews for Fire and Police candidates.
City Attorney Buick indicated
that the City is not bound by state statute to compulsory final
interviews, but should
follow its Rules and Regulations in that area on an evenhanded basis.
While the
Commission had latitude to conduct final interviews if it felt it would
benefit from them,
they are not arbitrarily forced to do so unless its Rules and Regulations
strictly required
it.
Chief Riddle suggested that the Rules and Regulations be amended to state
that the
Commissioners
reserve the right to re-interview a candidate before a job offer is given.
With the approval of the other Commissioners, Chairman Dailey stated that
the policy
regarding
final interviews would be as follows: if the Chief has no concerns with the
candidate, the Commissioners could then vote to hire the candidate at the
meeting. If the
Chief voiced concerns about the candidate and the Commissioners felt a
final
interview was necessary, they would meet with the candidate.
After the interview, the
Commissioners would then meet to vote on whether or not to hire the
candidate.
C.
Fire Chief
Chief Riddle stated that he will talk to the Commissioners at their
regular meeting in
November
about hiring the next candidate on the Firefighters Eligibility List, as he has
approval for a new hire in December.
It was requested that each Commissioner also review the testing and
hiring procedures
and the current Rules and Regulations and submit questions or suggested
changes to City
Attorney Buick prior to the November meeting so that he has answers or
recommendations for them to discuss at the meeting.
Recording Secretary Tritle stated that she would also prepare all of the
closed session
minutes
for the Commissioners to review at their November meeting, since this must be
done, by statute, on a semi-annual basis.
D.
Police Chief
Recording Secretary Tritle
reported that, in his absence, Chief Thomas asked her to let
the Commissioners know that he still does not have a date for which they
can do the next Police
hire, as was discussed at the last meeting.
He will let the Commissioners know as
soon as he receives this information.
CLOSED SESSION
Recording Secretary Tritle reported that there were no
issues that required a closed session.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion
Commissioner Short moved to adjourn the meeting at 1:30 p.m. and Commissioner Petersen seconded the motion.
Vote
All Commissioners voted aye.
Motion carried 3 - 0.
Minutes accepted by:
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Samantha Dailey, Chairman
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Attest:
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Jean
Tritle, Recording Secretary
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