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Police Personnel Board
Minutes—May 7, 2015
The meeting was called to order at 12:01pm.
Seven persons attended as follows:
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT (4) STAFF PRESENT (3)
Mr. Rick Derks (Chair) Ms. Sara Trittler, Recruiting & Workman’s Comp Specialist
Mr. Bill Burton (Vice Chair) Lt. Jeff Stiefermann
Ms. Lisa Turner (Secretary) Brian Wolford – Associate City Counselor
Mr. Ray Bledsoe
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT (3)
Rob Trowbridge
Wesley Dickman
Ms. Kelly Dillon
Following greetings, roll call was taken.
Approval of March 12, 2015 minutes
It was moved by Burton and seconded by Ms. Turner that the minutes for the March 12th meeting be approved. The
motion was carried unanimously.
New Associate City Counselor- Mr. Brian Wolford attended the Police Personnel Board meeting today. He began as
Associate City Counselor on April 2nd, 2015. Mr. Derks and the other board members present introduced themselves
and welcomed him.
Hiring Update
Veterinarian - Lt. Stiefermann announced that the oral interviews for Veterinarian were held March 23-24th. Mr. Burton
from the PPB had the opportunity to sit in on one of these interviews. Once the interviews were completed on March
24th, there were three candidates that moved on to be interviewed by Chief Schroeder. Lt. Stiefermann announced that
a successful candidate has been hired to fill this position of Veterinarian.
Police officers- Lt. Stiefermann announced that there were nine candidates interviewed for the Police Officer positions
and eight of them have moved forward to next stage of hiring process to have a polygraph.
Communication Officers - Lt. Stiefermann announced that there were seven candidates that were interviewed with six
of them moving forward with a polygraph.
Lt. Stiefermann announced that there are currently four police officer vacancies and one communications operator
vacancy. Within a week the background investigations will be in and the candidates that pass the background
investigation will move on to interviews with Chief Schroeder.
JCPD Appreciation Luncheon
Mr. Derks announced that the JCPD Appreciation Luncheon will be postponed to September or October, 2015 due to the
late start in the planning process this year. More will be discussed in next month’s meeting.
Next Meeting Date- the next meeting is June 4, 2015.
It was moved by Mr. Bledsoe and seconded by Ms. Turner for adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 12:18.
Respectfully,
Lisa Turner