City of Carbondale Board of Fire and Police Commissioners met June 29.
Here is the minutes provided by the Commissioners:
1. Call to Order / Roll Call
The City of Carbondale Board of Fire and Police Commissioners held a meeting on Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Carbondale Fire Station #2, 401 North Glenview Drive. Chairman Kerry Braswell called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m.
Roll Call
Present: Don Barrett, Kerry Braswell, Gerald Edwards, Harvey Welch, and Herman Williams
Absent: None
Acknowledgement of Guests
Also present were Deputy City Clerk Clair Hayes, Fire Chief Ted Lomax, Human Resources Manager Tara Brown and Fire Union representatives Charlie Nance and Bobby Williams.
2. Approval of Minutes from May 9, 2017 Meeting
MOTION: H. Welch moved, H. Williams seconded, to approve the meeting minutes from May 9, 2017. VOTE: All voted Aye. No Nays. Motion declared carried.
3. Approval of the 2016 Annual Report
Commissioner Welch indicated that his absences shown on the attendance report were excused and would like the report to reflect as such.
MOTION: H. Welch moved, H. Williams seconded, to approve the 2016 Annual Report with corrections and forward to the City Council for approval. VOTE: All voted Aye. No Nays. Motion declared carried.
4. Closed Meeting to Conduct Promotional Oral Interviews for Fire Captain and Police Lieutenant.
MOTION: G. Edwards moved, H. Welch seconded, that the Board hold a closed meeting for the purpose of discussing the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), specifically to conduct promotional oral interviews for Fire Captain and Police Lieutenant. VOTE: All voted Aye. No Nays. Motion declared carried. Open session recessed at 9:45 a.m. There was no formal action taken as a result of the closed meeting. There being no further business to come before the Board, G. Edwards moved, H. Williams seconded, that the Board return to open session. VOTE: All voted Aye. No nays. Motion declared carried. Open session resumed at 1:31 p.m.
According to the current rules and regulations of the current fire captain promotional process the oral interview scores of the Fire Captain candidates needs to be tallied in front of the union representatives. For the sake of time, the Board briefly returned to open session in order to calculate the oral interview scores so the union representatives may excuse themselves from the rest of the meeting.
MOTION: H. Welch moved, G. Edwards seconded, that the Board hold a closed meeting for the purpose of discussing the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), specifically to conduct promotional oral interviews for Fire Captain and Police Lieutenant. VOTE: All voted Aye. No Nays. Motion declared carried. Open session recessed at 1:45 p.m.
There was no formal action taken as a result of the closed meeting. There being no further business to come before the Board, G. Edwards moved, D. Barrett seconded, that the Board return to open session. VOTE: All voted Aye. No nays. Motion declared carried. Open session resumed at 2:21 p.m.
5. Citizens’ Comments
Police Chief Jeff Grubbs expressed appreciation to the Board for the Lateral Entry program. Recently, through this program, the Police Department was able to hire five lateral entry candidates. He stated that without the lateral entry program the department’s staffing would be decimated. Chief Grubbs also stated that he would like the Board to consider revising the entry level examination education requirement so that it can be substituted for military experience.
6. Board Comments - None
7. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 2:41 p.m.
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