Police Civil Service Commission

MICHIGAN CITY FIRE MERIT COMMISSION 100 MICHIGAN BOULEVARD MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA 46360 219-873-1570 LOUISE MOCK, PRESIDENT CHARLES WILLIAMS, VICE PRESIDENT ROBERT POLLOCK, SECRETARY GEOFF PLUMMER, COMMISSIONER DAVID GRING, COMMISSIONER Michigan City Fire Merit Commission Meeting Minutes: May 4, 2015 President Mock called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. A quorum was noted with Commissioners Louise Mock, Charles Williams, Robert Pollock, Geoff Plummer and David Gring in attendance. Also present were Fire Chief Ronnie Martin, Commission Attorney Jennifer Koethe and City Council President Chris Schwanke. At this time, President Mock asked all present to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. A motion was made by Commissioner Pollock to accept the minutes from the April 6, 2015 meeting with one correction of the cost of the fire training facility being $226,000 not $22,600. Commissioner Gring 2nd. Roll Call was done with 5 ayes 0 Nays, All Approved. Commissioner Pollock made a motion to accept the minutes from the April 20, 2015 meeting and Commissioner Plummer 2nd. Roll Call was done with 5 ayes 0 Nays, All Approved. Communications/Claims- Payroll for the month of May 2015 was $926.67 plus $500.00 for attorney fees. Commissioner Pollock made a motion to accept the payroll and Commissioner Plummer 2nd. Roll Call was done with 5 Ayes 0 Nays, All Approved. Commissioner Pollock stated that as of April 30. 2015 we had used 20.28% of our budget. That we were right on track. However, he was still worried about the upcoming applicant testing in August and what the cost would be for AKS if the training center on Michigan Blvd. would not hold the applicants to test. Commissioner Pollock asked how many the facility could hold and Chief Martin answered 99. Report from City Council President Chris Schwanke- Thanked commissioner attorney Jennifer Koethe for the meeting that was held to work on the ordinance and the positive changes. Report from Commission Attorney Jennifer Koethe- She thought that the meeting went very well. It was a good start with good results and was very productive. Report from Union Local 475- No Report New Business- No Report Old Business- No Report Report from Chief Martin- There are rumors that South Bend will be having another academy. The cost will be $3,000 per recruit. But that it was the commissions responsibility to decide where to send the recruits. The meeting went well, and that Attorney Jennifer Koethe underestimates herself. Thanked Commissioners Williams and Pollock for their help at New Hope Church for the open house promoting the Fire Science. He was waiting for the 3 recruits names, that he had “ghost” appointments made up for PERF. Public Comment- No Report Commission Comment- Commissioner Gring asked if the people that were on the current hiring list that is going to expire December 31, 2015, could they retest come August. The attorney answered that they do not have to wait. Motion to adjourn was made by Commission Pollock and 2nd by Commissioner Gring Ayes 5; Nays 0 motion carries. Next meeting is scheduled for Monday June 1, 2015 at 5:00 pm. Louise Mock Louise Mock, President