12/20/06 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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i REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 20, 2006 9. All officers sworn in after January 1, 2006 shall be eligible for the bonus payment. Adopted this 20th day of December, 2006. CITY OF SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY s/Jesusa Rodriguez ,President s/Donald Alford, Member , s/Juanita Dempsey, Member s/Patrick Cottrell, Member s/Bruce J. BonDurant, Member ATTEST: s/Linda Martin, Clerk ACCEPT AND APPROVE LETTER OF REQUEST FOR DEMOTION -SERGEANT JAMES MAXEY In a letter to the Board, Police Chief Thomas Fautz requested the Board to accept and approve, at Sergeant James Maxey's request, his demotion to Corporal to fill an opening in the NEST Unit. Chief Fautz Upon a motion made by Mr. Cottrell, seconded by Mr. Alford, and carried, the request for demotion was accepted and appoved. FIRE DEPARTMENT ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 77-2006 -CLARIFYING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HIRING POLICY In a letter to the Board, Mr. Bodnar stated that for many years the South Bend Fire Department has hired based upon a list according to numerical ranking. While the criteria has changed somewhat over the years, most significantly with an interview rather than an agility test making ' up half the total score, the choice has always been strict numerical order according to the best total score. However, two cases have come up in which a departure from that standard should be considered. The existing resolutions are silent on the issue of whether a candidate can be passed over and still retain his or her ranking on the list. Chief Taylor stated that this Resolution was an opportunity for the Fire Department to retain some qualified candidates that have asked for deferral. Mr. Bodnar presented an updated Resolution to include the requirement that if the candidate is unable to accept due to injury or illness, he/she shall be required to retake the CPAT at the candidate's expense. Upon a motion made by Mr. Bondurant, seconded by Ms. Dempsey, and carried, the following Resolution was adopted by the Board of Public Safety: RESOLUTION N0.77-2006 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY CLARIFYING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HIRING POLICY WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety at its meeting on June 22, 2000 adopted Resolution 81-2000, a policy for hiring new firefighters, which Resolution has been amended from time to time; and WHEREAS, although the policy has been amended from time to time, it does not directly address the issue of whether a candidate, whose ranking entitles him/her to ' proceed through the employment process, may decline, for whatever reason, to be employed at that time and retain his/her position on the hiring list; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the South Bend Fire Department and all candidates on the list to have this issue clarified. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that: