Fire Merit Commission

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FISHERS BOARD OF METROPOLITAN FIRE MERIT COMMISSIONERS In accordance with Ind. Code §§36-8-3.5-10 and 5-3-1, the Fishers Board of Metropolitan Fire Merit Commissioners (the “Commission”) hereby provides NOTICE that on January 22, 2024 at 6:30 pm at the City of Fishers Fire Department, 2 Municipal Drive, Fishers, IN, 46038, the Commission will conduct a public hearing during its duly noticed public meeting to consider an amendment to its merit rules. The amendment is in furtherance of the Commission’s stated purpose to establish the processes for selection, promotion, serious discipline, demotion, and/or dismissal of merit firefighter and to provide review and oversight of those processes, and to conform to recent changes in Indiana law. At the hearing, any interested person of the unit, district, or territory and any member of the department must be afforded an opportunity to present both oral and written evidence on any matter relating to the adoption of the proposed rules. The commission shall give due consideration to this evidence in making the commission's final decision concerning the adoption of the proposed rules. A copy of the proposed amendment is available for inspection at the City of Fishers Fire Department.