Fire & Police Commission Minutes 2006 08-09-06 Board of Fire and Police Commission
Minutes
August 9, 2006
Meeting called to order at 6:33 p m
Roll Call: Bob Johnson
Mike Anderson
Margie Putzler
Also Present: Chief Martin
Previous Meeting Minutes: Commissioner Putzler moved to approve the minutes from June 28,
2006 Commissioner Anderson seconded. Motion carried
Communications: Citizen's Police Academy new class is scheduled for August 21, 2006 at 6:30
p m at the high school. Commissioner Anderson will address the group as to the duties
of the Fire and Police commissioner.
Shirley Kubicz and Kevin Wright were sent letters requesting they respond as to retaining
their current scores or retesting for the position of patrol officer Both elected to retain
their current scores.
Chief will forward information to the commission concerning the secretarial position,
Bills for payment: None
Unfinished Business: None
New Business: To date only 9 applications have been received for the position of patrol officer.
Discussed extending the timeframe to accept applications from August 17, 2006 to
August 31, 2006 Discussion ensued as to the pros and cons of a larger pool of
candidates.
Commissioner Putzler moved to extend the application period through 5:00 p.m. August 31, 2006
and continuing advertisement for the position in the media currently being used
Commissioner Anderson seconded
Roll Call: Chairman Johnson
Commissioner Anderson
Commissioner Putzler
Motion carried
Changing the criteria for accepting applications was also discussed. At issue is active
military duty instead of requiring an associate's degree. Nothing will be done at this time
as two candidates have elected to retain their current scores for this new hiring process.
This has been tabled for a later meeting
The next time changes are made to the rules and regulations the text on the title page
needs to be changed from commissioners to commission.
The next meeting is scheduled for August 30, 2006 at 6:00 p m
Commissioner Anderson moved to adjourn. Commissioner Putzler seconded. Meeting
adjourned at 7:05 p m.