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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/05/05 Board of Public Safety MinutesV.i~ , ~ {~ ". tyro ~~: PUBLIC AGENDA SESSION JANUARY 5, 2005 The Board of Public Safety met in the Public Agenda Session at 8:10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 with President Elmer Carr and Board Members Jesusa Rodriguez, Wesley Taylor, and Donald Alford present. Also present were Police Chief Thomas H. Fautz, Fire Chief Robert Quinn and Board Attorney Thomas Bodnar. The meeting was held in the Board of Public Works Meeting Room, 13`h Floor, County City Building, South Bend, Indiana. -Election of Board President -Added to A eg nda Mr. Bodnar explained the procedure of the election of the Board President. - Request for Continuance -Christopher Houser Mr. Bodnar stated a Position of Police Chief and a letter from Mrs. Linda Hopkins were being submitted to the Board for filing. Mr. Houser submitted an Officer's Report asking for confirmation of what the Board was holding a hearing for. Mr. Bodnar explained that Mr. Houser is entitiled to a hearing. In addition, the testimony of Mr. Dustin Hopkins is imperative, however, he refused to meet with Mr. Bodnar twice. Mr. Bodnar suggested the dates of February 3 or 7, 2005, as the hearing date. The Clerk of the Board will check for availability of a room for the hearing before the regular meeting at 9:00 a.m. on this date. - Tuition Reimbursement Program -Fire Department This is a Duty Manual addition, modeled closely to the Police Department program. It exists after a decade, and will be formally added to the Duty Manual. The Program is available to all sworn fire fighters. SWEARING IN OF BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY MEMBER Ms. Mary Beth Wisniewski, Chief Deputy Clerk, administered the Oath of Office to Mr. Wesley B. Taylor as a Board of Public Safety Member. ' ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, President Carr declared the meeting adjourned at 8:40 a.m. BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY Amer L. Carr, President ~~ rN~„~p Jes1~a Rodriguez, Member ATTEST: Angela .Jacob, Clerl oC. Donald L. Alford, Mem r ~~~~ Wesley B. T or, Me EXECUTIVE SESSION JANUARY 5, 2005 The meeting was held in the Mayor's Conference Room, 14`h Floor, County City Building, South Bend, Indiana, for the purposes specified in I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1 (b) (2) (B) and (b) (6) (A) and adjourned at 8:45 a.m. Board members did not discuss any subject matter other than the subject matter as specified in the Public Notice. i A,~ aG?,(~1 '. / :,x i O /p~ryy EXECUTIVE SESSION Rodriguez, ATTEST: JANUARY 5, 2005 BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY ,~~ ~.~ Elmer L. Carr, Preset .U' ~ Lac%~~ Donald L. Alford, Me r ~~ Wesley B. aylor, ember 1 i ~ ~ ~~ An ela K. acob, Clerk REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 5, 2005 1 The Board of Public Safety met in the regular meeting at 9:05 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2005, with President Elmer Carr and Board Members Jesusa Rodriguez, Wesley B. Taylor and Donald Alford present. Also present were Police Chief Thomas H. Fautz, Fire Chief Robert Quinn and Board Attorney Thomas Bodnar. The meeting was held in the Board of Public Works Meeting Room, 13`" Floor, County City Building, South Bend, Indiana. APPROVE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS Ms. Rodriguez advised that if there were no objections by members of the Board, the minutes of the Public Agenda Session, Executive Session, and Regular meetings of the Board held on December 15, 2004 and the Special Meeting of December 22, 2004 would be accepted. There were no objections by members and the minutes were accepted. ELECTION OF BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY PRESIDENT Upon a motion made by Mr. Alford, seconded by Mr. Carr and carried, Ms. Jesusa Rodriguez was elected President of the Board of Public Safety for 2005. POLICE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL OF REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE -CHRISTOPHER HOUSER Corporal Christopher Houser requested a continuance in the hearing which was previously scheduled for January 6, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. Upon a motion made by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Carr and carried, the hearing was re-scheduled to February 7, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. The location will be determined at a later time. Upon a motion made by Mr. Carr, seconded by Mr. Taylor and carried, the Position of Police Chief and a Letter from Mrs. Linda Hopkins were accepted and filed. .:~~~~~ REGULAR MEETING FIRE DEPARTMENT JANUARY 5, 2005 APPROVE AND ACCEPT ADDITIONOF TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM TO DUTY MANUAL Upon a motion made by Mr. Carr, seconded by Mr. Alford and carried, the Tuition Reimbursement Program was added to the Fire Department Duty Manual. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, President Rodriguez declared the meeting adjourned at 9:23 a.m. BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY ~~%~fJ~~2l~~~.it~ifi 1Elmer L. Ca r, resident usa Rodriguez, Member Gi ~ l Donald L. Alford, Me r ' ~~ Wesley B. T ylor, e er C~EST: -~~~ Angela .Jacob, Clerk 1