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Home My Public Portal About20131205minutesCity of Jefferson Police Personnel Board Minutes—December 5, 2013 The meeting was called to order at 12:00 noon. Eight persons attended as follows: BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT (5) STAFF PRESENT (3) Mr. Chris Ricks (Chair) Chief Roger Schroeder Mr. Donald Cline (Vice Chair) Mr. Jeremy Cover (Assoc. City Counselor) Mr. Ray Bledsoe Lt. Deric Heislen Mr. George Minze Ms. Kelly Dillon BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT (2) Ms. Lisa Turner Mr. Curtis Creagh (Secretary) Following greetings, roll call was taken. Approval of November 7, 2013 Minutes It was moved by Minze and seconded by Cline that the minutes for the November 7 meeting be approved. The motion carried unanimously. New Business Hiring Update – Lt. Heislen advised that five new officers had recently been presented to the City Council. Of those five, two are currently working and three will begin December 16, 2013. Of the three that have yet to begin, one is POST certified and two will begin LETI on January 6, 2014. Chief Schroeder updated us as to vacancies and advised that he has the authority to fill three sworn officer and three communications vacancies at this time. Testing – Ricks reminded the Board that testing dates had been set for January 2014. Communications testing will take place on Wednesday, January 8th at 6:30 p.m. with Dillon and Bledsoe proctoring. Officer testing will take place on Saturday, January 11th at 9:00 a.m. with Dillon and Turner proctoring. Should there be a large number of applicants making it necessary for a second officer testing, that session will take place at 1:00 p.m., also on January 11th, and will be proctored by Cline and Minze. Lt. Heislen informed the Board that he had spoken with Sarah Trittler regarding the new testing company options. Heislen reviewed the testing booklets provided by the various companies and felt that the testing content from CPS-HR and Fire & Police Selection, Inc. were better suited to the department’s needs. Ricks suggested that we try CPS-HR for the upcoming testing in January and the Board agreed with this choice. Old Business Probationary period – The suggested changes that were submitted to the Board last month by Sarah Trittler were reviewed by Board members. Jeremy Cover was present and further explained the meaning of the proposed changes to the Board. A motion to approve the proposed changes was made by Cline and seconded by Minze. The present Board members then voted unanimously that the proposed changes would be submitted to the public safety committee and then City Council for approval. Chief Schroeder suggested that the Board may wish to have a representative attend the January 2, 2014 Council meeting at 8:00 a.m. when the changes would be submitted. Ricks will follow up on this to ensure a Board member is available and present. Other Business Next meeting date –the next meeting is Thursday, January 16, 2014. The change in date is due to the January testing dates. It was moved by Bledsoe and seconded by Minze for adjournment. No other business was discussed. The meeting was adjourned at 12:50 pm. Respectfully, Kelly Dillon (for Curtis Creagh)