Police and Fire Commission Meeting

POLICE AND FIRE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES August 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM Kronenwetter Municipal Center - 1582 Kronenwetter Drive, Kronenwetter WI 54455 Room A121 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER Meeting moved to Room A121 due to lack of air conditioning in Room C110. A. Pledge of Allegiance (not done due to lack of flag in room). B. Roll Call PRESENT President Doug Schemmel Commissioner Chet Rucinski Commissioner Lucene Udulutch Commissioner Rick Smith Vice President David Forsythe arrived at 5:15 pm 2. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES C. Approve July 23, 2024 meeting minutes. Motion made by Rick Smith to approve the 07/23/2024 meeting minutes and dispense with the reading. Seconded by Lucene Udulutch. Voting Yea: Chet Rucinski, Lucene Udulutch, Rick Smith Voting Abstain: Doug Schemmel 4. PUBLIC COMMENT Please be advised per State Statute Section 19.84(2), information will be received from the public. It is the policy of this Village that Public Comment will take no longer than 15 minutes with a three-minute time period, per person, with time extension per the Chief Presiding Officer’s discretion. Be further advised that there may be limited discussion on the information received, however, no action will be taken under public comments. William Udulutch, 1859 Kimberly Road, Kronenwetter, WI, complimented the police and fire employees, giving examples of recent interactions with both. Mr. Udulutch also complimented the commission members. 5. CLOSED SESSION Consideration of motion to convene into closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. 19.85 (1)( c ) for consideration of employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility – to wit interview Fire Department applicant(s) and review background report of Fire Department applicant. Motion made by Rick Smith, Seconded by Lucene Udulutch. Voting Yea: Lucene Udulutch, Rick Smith, Chet Rucinski, Doug Schemmel. Time: 5:04 p.m. Chief O’Brien and Alexa Kufalk were invited to stay in closed session. Dave Forsythe arrived into closed session at 5:15 p.m. 6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION Consideration of motion to reconvene into open session at 6:20 p.m. Motion made by Chet Rucinski, Seconded by Rick Smith. Voting Yea: Rick Smith, Doug Schemmel, David Forsythe, Lucene Udulutch, Chet Rucinski. 7. ACTION AFTER CLOSED SESSION Discussion and possible action on whether to continue applicant(s) in firefighter/first responder hiring process. Motion made by Rick Smith to advance Samuel Wing and Bryan Halambeck in the firefighter/first responder hiring process. Seconded by Lucene Udulutch. Voting Yea: Doug Schemmel, Chet Rucinski, David Forsythe, Lucene Udulutch, Rick Smith. 8. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Lucene Udulutch, Seconded by David Forsythe. Voting Yea: Chet Rucinski, Doug Schemmel, Lucene Udulutch, Rick Smith, David Forsythe Adjourned at 6:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Dianne Drew, Police and Fire Commission Secretary Approved on November 19, 2024