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Home My WebLink About08/05/2024 BOFPC MinutesApproved 8/28/2024 M., P—,.777 7 Village of Mount Prospect 1•}� 911 E. Kensington Road Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056 j BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING August 5, 2024 OPEN SESSION MINUTES Phone (847) 870-5656 1 CHAIRMAN POWERS CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:46 PM AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE ROOM 2 Roll Call: James Powers, Chairman Rockne Bork, Commissioner Mark Busse, Commissioner Jeanna Claussen, Commissioner Bill Knee, Commissioner Staff Present: Michael Eterno, Police Chief John Dolan, Fire Chief Lisa Schillinger, Executive Assistant 3 APPROVAL OF OPEN SESSION MINUTES Commissioner Claussen made a motion to approve the Open Session Minutes of June 10th, 11th, and 12th, 2024 and Commissioner Busse seconded the motion. Motion Unanimously Approved 4 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD — No one in attendance. 5 FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE Fire Chief Dolan updated the Board on the promotional list established 7/15/2024, which contains 8 candidates. The Fire Department is currently accepting applications for new Firefighter/Paramedic positions and has received 100 applications to date. Applications are due in mid-August and the department is looking to schedule interviews in early September. The Board and Chief discussed proceeding with establishing of a new list. The Rules and Regulations will be consulted regarding when that can be accomplished. The Fire Department opened Station 11 on July 11th and is functioning very well to meet Village needs. Response times are down Village wide. There will be a ribbon cutting on August 23rd at 1100. The Union has challenged staff needs required for the addition of the new station and the area it serves. Chief Dolan stated the department is comfortable with current staffing levels and that current data does not support additional personnel or apparatus. 6 POLICE DEPARTMENT UPDATE Police Chief Eterno notified the Board that the Rules and Regulations were approved at the last Village Board Meeting. Additionally, two officers will be graduating the Academy on 8/22. Tomorrow night is National Night out from 5:30-8:30pm at the bandshell. Officer Louis Smith submitted his letter of resignation and his last day is 8/6/2024. 7 CLOSED SESSION —CHAIRMAN POWERS ASKED FOR A MOTION TOGO INTO CLOSED SESSION A motion was made by Commissioner Bork and seconded by Commissioner Claussen to go into Closed Session at 6:12 PM. Motion Unanimously Approved All Commissioners and Staff present from Open Session were in Closed Session attendance. Pagel Meeting Minutes 08-05-2024 OPEN SESSION.docx 7.1. 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. 7.2. Approval of closed session minutes of June 10, 2024 7.3. Approval of closed session minutes of June 11, 2024 7.4. Approval of closed session minutes of June 12, 2024 7.5. Semi-annual review of Closed Session minutes for release to the Open Session book for the period of December 2023 to June 2024 A motion was made by Commissioner Claussen and seconded by Commissioner Knee to return to Open Session at 6:38PM. Motion Unanimously Approved The Board returned to Open Session at 6:38PM. Roll call: Chairman Powers, Commissioner Bork, Commissioner Busse, Commissioner Claussen, Commissioner Knee Also present: Michael Eterno, John Dolan, Lisa Schillinger 8 OLD BUSINESS None 9 NEW BUSINESS 9.1 VOTE TO DESTROY OR RETAIN CLOSED SESSION AUDIO RECORDINGS PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 2022 TO DECEMBER 2022 A motion was made by Commissioner Bork and seconded by Commissioner Claussen to destroy closed session audio recordings for the period September 2022 to December 2022 Motion Unanimously Approved 9.2. VOTE TO RELEASE CLOSED SESSION MINUTES TO THE OPEN SESSION BOOK OR I['fl':':'�!'ll'WN IN CLOSED SESSION FOR DECEMBER 2023 THROUGH JUNE 2024 MINUTES A motion was made by Commissioner Bork and seconded by Commissioner Claussen to retain closed session minutes in the closed session book for the period December 2023 through June 2024. Motion Unanimously Approved 9.3. VOTE TO DESTROY OPEN SESSION AUDIO RECORDINGS FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 2023 TO APRIL 2024 A motion was made by Commissioner Knee and seconded by Commissioner Claussen to destroy open session audio recordings for the period of July 2023 to April 2024 Motion Unanimously Approved 9.4. VOTE ON DETERMINATIONS MADE IN CLOSED SESSION AS TO WHICH POLICE CANDIDATES TO REMOVE FROM CONSIDERATION AND THE TESTING PROCESS BASED ON THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION A motion was made by Commissioner Bork and seconded by Commissioner Busse to remove one candidate agreed upon in the closed session. Motion Unanimously Approved A vote for the second candidate was tabled until more information was obtained. 10 ADJOURNMENT -With no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Bork and seconded by Commissioner Busse to adjourn the meeting at 6:45PM. Motion Unanimously Approved Minutes transcribed by Lisa Schillinger, BOFPC Secretary. Page 12 Meeting Minutes 08-05-2024 OPEN SESSION.docx