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 SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 3:30 PM CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 620 BENTON ROAD BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA 71111 ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 THE BOSSIER CITY MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD HELD A BOARD MEETING AT THE BOSSIER CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 620 BENTON ROAD, BOSSIER CITY, LA MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 3:30 PM BILL SCHWARTZ CHAIRMAN CALLS THE MEETING TO ORDER 3:30 PM MEMBERS PRESENT: BILL SCHWARTZ, CHAIRMAN/CLBM JASON SHELTON FDBM SGT. CHARLIE BRIDGES PDBM STEPHEN MORAN, GABM LOU CHANDLER, CLMB OTHERS PRESENT: MAYOR THOMAS CHANDLER CHARLES JACOBS ATTORNEY RICHARD RAY ATTORNEY KAREN MAXWELL, BOARD SECRETARY II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 16th, 2022 BY: CAPT. SHELTON MOTION MADE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 SECOND BY: SGT. BRIDGES COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: ALL III. CONSIDER THE REQUEST BY MAYOR THOMAS H. CHANDLER ACTING AS APPOINTING AUTHORITY TO SEEK APROVAL TO REMOVE CHRISTOPHER ESTESS AS CHIEF OF POLICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LA. R.S. 33:295(3)(a) BY: CAPT. SHELTON MOTION MADE TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST BY MAYOR THOMAS H. CHANDLER ACTING AS APPOINTING AUTHORITY TO SEEK APROVAL TO REMOVE CHRISTOPHER ESTESS FROM THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RS. 33:295(3)(a) SECOND BY: SGT. BRIDGES COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: ALL CHRISTOPHER ESTESS WAS NOT PRESENT. THE CITY ATTORNEY STATED THAT HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE ESTESS A FEW MINUTES TO APPEAR. THE BOARD VOTED TO PROCEED WITHOUT HIM IN ATTENDANCE. CITY ATTORNEY CHARLES JACOBS STATED THAT LOUISIANA LAW RS. 33:245 (3)(a) WAS APPLIED FOR THE REMOVAL REQUEST OF CHRISTOPHER ESTES. (i) HE IS UNABLE OR UNWILING TO PERFORM SATISFACTORILY THE DUTIES OF THE POSITION TO WHICK HE HAS BEEN APPOINTED. (ii) HIS HABITS AND DEPENDABILITY DONOT MERIT HIS CONTINUANCE THEREIN. BY: CAPT. SHELTON MOTION MADE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION (3:40) SECOND BY: SGT. CHARLES BRIDGES COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: ALL MEETING WAS BROUGHT BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION AT 3:47 BY CHAIRMAN SCHWARTZ BY: SGT. CHARLES BRIDGES DUE TO THE UNWILLINGNESS OF CHRISTOPHER ESTESS TO PERFORM HIS DUTIES SATISFACTORILY AND HIS LACK OF DEPENDABILITY, I MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT MAYOR THOMAS CHANDLER, THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY HIS REQUEST TO REMOVE CHRISTOPHER ESTESS FROM THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE. SECOND BY: CAPT. JASON SHELTON COMMENTS: NONE VOTING IN FAVOR: THE DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS WITH THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT: 3:55 _____________________________________ KAREN MAXWELL, SECRETARY BOSSIER CITY MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD