Naperville Board of Fire and Police Commissioners met Tuesday, Aug. 9.
Here are the minutes as provided by Naperville:
The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
City of Naperville
Meeting Minutes
August 9, 2016
The meeting was held at 5:00 p.m. in the West Wing Conference Room located at 400 S. Eagle Street in Naperville.
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by Chairman Pro Tem Benny White and attendance taken by Kathy Mackenzie:
Commissioners Present:
Mary Schulte
David Blaydes
Benny White
Commissioners Absent:
Kenn Miller
Kim Widup
BOFPC Liaison: Kathy Mackenzie, Sr. Administrative Assistant
Minutes:
A motion was made by Commissioner Mary Schulte to accept the minutes of the July 26, 2016 meeting, seconded by Commissioner David Blades. The motion carried with a unanimous voice vote.
Police Department Status Report
Update
No report this week
Fire Department Status Report
Update
No report this week
Old Business
None
New Business
1. Kathy Mackenzie reviewed the Police Sergeant promotional process testing scheduled for September 8, 2016 with the commissioners.
2. Kathy Mackenzie shared with the commissioners the statistics on the Police Officer applicants – Final numbers: Typically I/O Solutions sees a 15-20% attrition rate from online application purchases to completed applications submitted. We are just slightly higher than the norm at about 23% (purchases: 524, complete applications: 404, eligible:
377). We did have a dip in the number of application purchases from 2014 at 694 to 2016 at 524. Other police departments are experiencing this dip in numbers as well.
Action Taken
1. A motion was made by Commissioner Mary Schulte to authorize to hire firefighter/paramedic candidate Katherine Dye Webster #58. It was seconded by Commissioner David Blaydes. The motion carried with a unanimous voice vote.
2. A motion was made by Commissioner Mary Schulte to accept the closed session minutes of the July 26, 2016 closed session meeting and retain restriction, seconded by Commissioner David Blaydes. The motion carried with a unanimous voice vote.
Adjournment
A motion was made by Chairman Pro Tem Benny White to adjourn the meeting at 5:26 p.m., seconded by Commissioner Mary Schulte. The motion carried with a unanimous voice vote.
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