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Village of Mount Prospect
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911 E. Kensington Road Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056
(847) 870-5656
BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS
SPECIAL MEETING - January 25, 2023
OPEN SESSION MINUTES
1 CHAIRMAN POWERS CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:45 PM AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
CONFERENCE ROOM
2 Roll Call: James Powers, Chairman
Mark Busse, Commissioner
Jeanna Claussen, Commissioner
Staff Present: Thomas Wang, Deputy Fire Chief
Michael Vena, Battalion Chief
Michael Eterno, Police Chief
Timothy Griffin, Deputy Police Chief
Lisa Schillinger, Executive Assistant
3 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD – None in attendance
4 POLICE DEPARTMENT – DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED DATES,
PROCEDURES, VENDOR AND READING LIST OF SERGEANTS PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION
PROCESS (see attached)
Deputy Chief Griffin updated the Board on the proposed Sergeant’s Promotional Examination process. The
Police Department is proposing renewing a contract with I/O Solutions, the vendor who has been used in the
past. An orientation would be scheduled for February 14, 2023 at 9am at the Police Department and would
include a presentation by DC Griffin as well as a representative from the Vendor to explain the promotional
process in detail. The department also proposed a written examination date of May 2, 2023 at 9am, to be held
at the Police Department Community Room. The Board was formally invited to the examination. The Board
discussed the eligibility requirement to apply for the position of sergeant, and it was suggested that the language
be clarified to read that a candidate is eligible three years from date of hire. DC Griffin proposed that the Reading
List remain consistent from the last examination and the Board went through each book on the list as well as
the topics of the policies and procedures on the list. As was discussed in a prior meeting, the Board revisited
the topic of Officer input into the Merit and Efficiency Scoring. It had been decided prior that a panel of 7 officers,
to be chosen by the Union, would score candidates in one category of the 4 forced matrices. Chairman Powers
asked if the officer’s identities would be confidential. DC Griffin explained that the data would be confidential,
but the identities would not.
After discussion by the Board, Chairman Powers asked for a motion to approve the proposed dates, procedures,
vendor and reading list of the Sergeants Promotional Examination process.
Commissioner Claussen made a motion to approve the Sergeants Promotional Examination process as
suggested by the Police Department including dates, procedures, vendor and reading list. Commissioner Busse
seconded the motion.
Motion Unanimously Approved
5 CLOSED SESSION – CHAIRMAN POWERS ASKED FOR A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION
5.1 Personnel 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) - The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance,
or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged
against an employee of the public body for the public body to determine its validity.
5.2 To Conduct Fire Department Background oral interviews
Approved 03/06/2023
|Open Session 01-25-2023
A motion was made by Commissioner Busse and seconded by Commissioner Claussen to go into Closed Session at 3:09
pm.
Motion Unanimously Approved
Police Chief Michael Eterno,Deputy Police Chief Timothy Griffin and Executive Assistant Lisa Schillingerexcused
themselves before the Board entered the Closed Session.
Roll Call: Chairman James Powers, Commissioner Mark Busse, Commissioner Jeanna Claussen
Staff Present: Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Wang, Battalion Chief Michael Vena
A motion was made by Commissioner Claussen and seconded by Commissioner Busse to return to Open Session at 8:06
pm.
Motion Unanimously Approved
The Board returned to Open Session at 8:06 pm.
Roll Call: Chairman Powers, Commissioner Busse, Commissioner Claussen
Staff Present: Thomas Wang, Michael Vena
6 VOTE ON DETERMINATIONS MADE IN CLOSED SESSION AS TO WHICH FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC
CANDIDATES CAN PROGRESS IN THE PROCESS AND WHICH CANDIDATES WILL BE REMOVED
FROM THE PROCESS
A motion was made by Commissioner Claussen and seconded by Commissioner Busse to remove
candidates who did not pass the oral interviews.
Motion Unanimously Approved
A motion was made by Commissioner Claussen and seconded by Commissioner Busse to advance
candidates who passed the oral interviews.
Motion Unanimously Approved
A motion was made by Commissioner Busse and seconded by Commissioner Claussen to remove
candidates who were not present at the oral interviews.
Motion Unanimously Approved
7 ADJOURNMENT - With no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Claussen and seconded
by Commissioner Busse to adjourn the meeting at 9:12 pm.
Motion Unanimously Approved
Minutes transcribed by Lisa Schillinger, BOFPC Secretary.
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