Fire & Police Civil Service Board

BOSSIER CITY MUNICIPAL FIRE & POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD PO BOX 5337 BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA 71171-5337 PHONE: 318/741-8621 FAX: 318/741-8893 WILLIAM SCHWARTZ KAREN MAXWELL CHAIRMAN SECRETARY CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 10, 2021 9:00 AM FIRE DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE ROOM 620 BENTON ROAD BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA 71111 ON NOVEMBER 10, 2021, THE BOSSIER CITY MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD HELD A BOARD MEETING AT THE BOSSIER FIRE DEPARTMENT ON 620 BENTON ROAD, BOSSIER CITY, LA MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 9:00 AM BILL SCHWARTZ CHAIRMAN CALLS THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 9:00 AM MEMBERS PRESENT: BILL SCHWARTZ, CHAIRMAN/CLBM JASON SHELTON FDBM SGT. CHARLIE BRIDGES PDBM CHARLIE DAVIS, GABM LOU CHANDLER, CLMB OTHERS PRESENT: KAREN MAXWELL, BOARD SECRETARY II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 10, 2021 BY: CAPT. SHELTON MOTION MADE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 10, 2021 SECOND BY: SGT. BRIDGES COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: ALL III. APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES OF OCTOBER 21, 2021 BY: CAPT. SHELTON MOTION MADE TO APPROVE AND DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF OCTOBER 21, 2021 BOARD MEETING SECOND BY: SGT. BRIDGES COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: ALL IV. OLD BUSINESS POLICE DEPARTMENT NONE FIRE DEPARTMENT NONE V. NEW BUSINESS POLICE DEPARTMENT 1. APPROVAL OF PERSONNEL ACTION FORMS BY SGT. BRIDGES MOTION MADE TO APPROVE PERSONNEL ACTION FORMS SECOND: CAPT SHELTON COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: ALL APPROVED PERSONAL ACTION FORMS: BALLARD, CONNER SICK LEAVE (DUTY INJURY) BOOKER, KENDALE PROBATIONAL POLICE OFFICER BISACCIO, JEREMY CONFIRMATION ENGI, RUSSELL PROBATIONAL POLICE OFFICER ENGLISH, MARTHA TERMINATION OF SICK LEAVE FANNING, GEORGE TERMINATION OF SICK LEAVE FIELDS, STEVEN SICK LEAVE FIELDS, STEVEN TERMINATION OF SICK LEAVE HARRIS, JASMINE PROBATIONAL REED, TRISTAN PROBATIONAL REYES, ALEX PROBATIONAL RUSSELL, CORA RESIGNATION SHERRELL, ZACHARY PROBATIONAL POLICE OFFICER SOELTER, ROBERT CONFIRMATION WARE, MONTRELL PROBATIONAL POLICE OFFICER 2. APPROVAL OF APPLICANT REQUESTING THEIR GRADE TRANSFER FOR POLICE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER BE REPORTED TO THIS JURISDICTION. BY: SGT BRIDGES MOTION MADE TO APPROVE GRADE TRANSFER TO POLICE COMMUNICATION OFFICER BE REPORTED TO THIS JURISDICTION. SECOND BY: CAPT SHELTON COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: ALL APPROVED GRADE TRANSFER: NAME: HARRIS, JASMINE SCORE: 92 JURISDICTION TESTED: MONROE DATE CERTIFIED: OCTOBER 19, 2021  FIRE DEPARTMENT 1. APPROVAL OF PERSONNEL ACTION FORMS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BY: CAPT. SHELTON MOTION MADE TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL ACTION FORMS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SECOND BY: SGT. BRIDGES COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: ALL APPROVED PERSONNEL ACTION FORMS: BOCKHAUS, BLAIR CONFIRMATION BURRUS, CHRISTIAN RESIGNATION CLARK, JARROD CONFIRMATION CUNNINGHAM, VICTORIA NAME CHANGE MCCOY, MACK CONFIRMATION 2. APPROVAL OF APPLICANTS REQUESTING THEIR GRADE RESULTS FOR FIRE COMMUNICATON OFFICER BE REPORTED TO THIS JURISDICTION ****THERE ARE NONE**** THE BOARD WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION CONCERNING AN ISSUE RELATING TO CHIEF SHANE MCWILLIAMS AT 9:20 AM AND RETURNED AT 10:20. VI. MOTION WAS MADE BY SGT. CHARLES BRIDGES TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 1, 2021 FOR INVESTIGATION VIOLATION OF BOSSIER CITY FIRE AND POLICE SERVICE BOARD RULE XII (A)(4) BY THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY AS IT RELATES TO CHIEF SHANE MCWILLIAMS. SECOND BY: CAPT SHELTON COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: ALL VII. MOTION WAS MADE BY SGT. BRIDGES TO HAVE AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY THE BOSSIER CITY POLICE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT INTO THE POSSIBLE POLITICAL VIOLATIONS CONCERNING SUBSTITUTE POLICE CHIEF CHRISTOPHER ESTESS AND REPORT FINDINGS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. SECOND BY: CAPT. SHELTON COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: ALL WITH THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT: 10:35 _____________________________________ KAREN MAXWELL, SECRETARY BOSSIER CITY MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD