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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.