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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 – August 28, 2024
OPEN SESSION MINUTES
1 CHAIRMAN POWERS CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 1:08PM AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
CONFERENCE ROOM
2 Roll Call: James Powers, Chairman
Mark Busse, Commissioner
William Knee, Commissioner
Staff Present: Thomas Wang, Deputy Fire Chief
Michael Eterno, Police Chief
Lisa Schillinger, Executive Assistant
3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3.1. Open Session minutes of August 5, 2024
A motion was made by Commissioner Knee and seconded by Commissioner Busse to approve open
session minutes of August 5, 2024. Motion Unanimously Approved
4 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD – No one in attendance
5 FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE
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Chief Dolan notified the Board that the department application process closed on August 21, and there were
a total of 222 applications.
6 POLICE DEPARTMENT UPDATE
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Chief Eterno reminded the Board of the swearing in of three new officers on Friday, August 30at 2pm.
7 CLOSED SESSION – CHAIRMAN POWERS ASKED FOR A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION
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. Approve Closed Session Minutes of August 5, 2024
7.3. Discussion of Police Officer candidates
7.4. To Conduct Fire Department Background oral interviews
A motion was made by Commissioner Knee and seconded by Commissioner Busse to go into Closed Session
at 1:10pm.
Motion Unanimously Approved
All Commissioners and Staff present from Open Session were in Closed Session attendance.
The Board took a recess at 1:26pm. Chief Michael Eterno and Executive Assistant Lisa Schillinger excused themselves at
this time.
The Board resumed Closed Session at 2:15pm. Michael Vena joined the Closed Session at 2:15pm.
A motion was made by Commissioner Busse and seconded by Commissioner Knee to return to Open Session
at 7:50pm.
Motion Unanimously Approved
|Open Session 08-28-2024
The Board returned to Open Session at 7:50pm.
Roll Call: Chairman Powers, Commissioner Busse, Commissioner Knee
Staff Present: Thomas Wang, Michael Vena
8 OLD BUSINESS
9 NEW BUSINESS
9.1.VOTE TO KEEP OR REMOVE POLICE OFFICER AND/ORFIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC CANDIDATES AS
DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION
A motion was made by Commissioner Busse and seconded by Commissioner Knee to remove Firefighter
candidates who did not pass the oral interviews.
Motion Unanimously Approved
A motion was made by Commissioner Knee and seconded by Commissioner Busse remove police
candidates discussed in closed session.
Motion Unanimously Approved
ADJOURNMENT - With no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Knee and seconded by
CommissionerBusseto adjourn the meetingat 7:55pm.
Motion Unanimously Approved
Minutes transcribed by Lisa Schillinger, BOFPC Secretary.
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