Police and Fire Commission Meeting

POLICE AND FIRE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES March 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM Kronenwetter Municipal Center - 1582 Kronenwetter Drive Board Room 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER President Schemmel called the 03/23/2026 Police and Fire Commission meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. A. Pledge of Allegiance Those in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance. B. Roll Call PRESENT: President Doug Schemmel Vice President David Forsythe Commissioner Chet Rucinski Commissioner Lucene Udulutch Commissioner Rick Smith STAFF: Chief Terry McHugh and Police and Fire Commission Secretary Dianne Drew 2. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION President Doug Schemmel announced the upcoming closed session. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES C. Approve January 26, 2026 minutes. Motion by Commissioner Rick Smith, seconded by Commissioner Chet Rucinski to approve the 01/26/2026 meeting minutes. Voting Aye: President Schemmel, Commissioner Rucinski, Commissioner Udulutch, Vice President Forsythe, Commissioner Smith. 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. None.  2 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 police officer applicants. Motion by Vice President Forsythe, seconded by Commissioner Udulutch to convene into closed session. Motion carried 5:0 by roll call vote. Convened into closed session at 5:05 p.m. Chief McHugh was invited into closed session. 6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION Consideration of motion to reconvene into open session at 6:45 PM. Motion by Commissioner Udulutch to reconvene into open session. Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Motion carried 5:0 by roll call vote. 7. ACTION AFTER CLOSED SESSION Motion made by Vice President Forsythe to continue three police officer candidates, Wyatt Pufall, Benjamin Smith, and Austin Wadzinski, in the full-time police officer hiring process. Seconded by Commissioner Udulutch. Motion carried 5:0 by roll call vote. 8. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Udulutch to adjourn. Motion carried 5:0 by roll call vote. Meeting adjourned at 6:46 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Dianne Drew, Police and Fire Commission Secretary Approved on March 26, 2026