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City of Danville Board of Fire and Police Commissioners met Sept. 5.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Members Present: Amy Hoose, Dr Stephen Nacco, George Dowell, Larry Fredericks and Beth Hager. 

Members Absent: None

Staff Members Present: Police Chief Chris Yates, and Fire Chief Aaron Marcott

Others Present:

Chairperson Hoose called the Board Meeting to order at 5:04 P.M.

Roll call was taken.

THE MINUTES: Commissioner Fredericks motioned to approved minutes of the regular meeting held AUGUST 1ST. 2023, seconded by Commissioner Hager.

On the voice vote, all ayes, no nays: the motion was so ordered.

THE AGENDA: Commissioner Hager motioned to approve the agenda, seconded by Commissioner Fredericks. On the voice vote, all ayes, no nays: the motion was so ordered.

AUDIENCE COMMENTS: 

MAYOR'S COMMENTS: 

CHAIRPERSON COMMENTS: Advised Meredith Brooks will take care of the ID’s. Pictures were taken of each Board Member to submit to her for completion. Mayor Ricky Williams will forward a picture of the badges to the Ray O’Herron company. Discussed the email from Lisa Monson reference Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Open Meetings Act (OMA) Training. Commissioner Fredericks completed the training. The certificates can be submitted to Chief Marcott to turn into Lisa Monson. Suggested the training be completed by the October Board meeting.

COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS: Discussed the amendment of Public Act 103-0357. It was decided to do nothing and leave it as “MAY” as stated in the law.

CLOSED SESSION: At 6:07 PM Commissioner Dowell motioned to go into closed session under Section (2c) (1) and (2c) (2) of the open meetings act to update the board of the internal affairs investigation, seconded by commissioner Fredericks. On the voice vote, all ayes, no nays: the motion was so ordered.

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION: At 6:20 PM Commissioner Nacco motioned to return to open session, seconded by Commissioner Hager. On the voice vote, all ayes, no nays: the motion was so ordered.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY  

Chief Marcott: Requested the promotions of an Assistant Chief and a Captain. Mr. Darby is the only candidate for Assistant Chief. Discussed the new Captains list. The Captain’s list has been exhausted. There is a timeline of (180) one hundred eighty days to produce a list which will be good for (3) three years.

Commissioner Fredericks motioned to table the discussion of the new Captains list, seconded by Commissioner Nacco. On the voice vote, all ayes, no nays: the motion was so ordered.

Commissioner Hager motioned to allow Chief Marcott the freedom to fulfill hiring requirements at his own discretion. This would enable him to select the next hire on the list in the case that a candidate would not pass the required tests. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Nacco.”

Chief Yates: Provided a copy of the current revised hiring list. Advised when the next group of candidates are put on the current list, their date needs to be added. Advised the list is good for (2) two years. The candidates that have been on the list for (2) two years, will fall off. If they have been on the list for (2) two years, they can re-test. Stated there are viable candidates for the upcoming hire. There may be up to (5) five that need to be hired in the near future. The school district is requesting more SRO (school resource officer) officers this year. Advised the contract needs to be set up to give the city some type of protection. Stated he is doing a lot of research and will meet with D118 soon. One group went to PTI on September 5th. One group will be on their own by the end of September. The ones that just graduated, are in training with their FTO’s. Stated each hire costs (1,200) one thousand two hundred dollars to do their psychological and physical tests.

PROMOTIONS: 

Commissioner Fredericks motioned to promote John Darby to Fire Assistant Chief, seconded by Commissioner Dowell. On the voice vote, all ayes, no nays: the motion was so ordered.

Commissioner Hager motioned to promote Ryan Allison to Fire Captain, seconded by Commissioner Nacco. On the voice vote, all ayes, no nays: the motion was so ordered. .

Commissioner Hager motioned to approve the Conditional Hires; Jarrett Divan and Christian  Ziemnisky, seconded by Commissioner Nacco. On the voice vote, all ayes, no nays: the motion was so ordered.

There being no further items to discuss, there was a motion by Commissioner Fredericks to adjourn the regular meeting at 6:20 PM, seconded by Commissioner Dowell. On the vote, all ayes, no nays: the motion was so ordered.

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