Board of Fire and Police
Regular MeetingNaperville, IL · March 26, 2019
Minutes
400 S. Eagle Street
City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540
Meeting Minutes
Board of Fire and Police
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 4:00 PM Municipal Center - West Wing Conference Room
A. CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Chairman David Blaydes and
attendance was taken by Julie Mendoza-Morris
B. ROLL CALL:
Liaison Police Deputy Chief Arres
Liaison Fire Deputy Fire Chief Scheller
HR Assistant Julie Mendoza-Morris
Present 3- David Blaydes, Kim Widup, and Mark Wright
Absent 2- Ronald Davidson, and Kirsten Young
C. PUBLIC FORUM:
D. OLD BUSINESS:
Canceled BOFP meeting April 9 next meeting will be April 16
E. NEW BUSINESS:
Review open session minutes from March 12, 2019
This Report was approved.
A MOTION was made by Chairman David Blaydes to approve open session
minutes from March 12 2019 seconded by Commissioner Mark Wright The motion
carried with a unanimous voice vote.
Review open session minutes from March 20, 2019
A MOTION was made by Commissioner Kim Widup to approve open session
minutes from March 20 2019 seconded by Chairman David Blaydes The motion
carried with a unanimous voice vote
Discuss 2019 BOFP CAPS Nomination Form
received dates and necessary information to update forms - decided to share
the nomination forms with public to get a larger pool
Review closed session minutes from March 12, 2019
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A MOTION was made by Commissioner Kim Widup to approve closed session
minutes from March 12, 2019 seconded by Commissioner Mark Wright. The
motion carried with a unanimous voice vote.
Review closed session minutes from March 20, 2019
A MOTION was made by Commissioner Kim Widup to approve closed session
minutes from March 20, 2019 seconded by Chairman David Blaydes. The motion
carried with a unanimous voice vote.
F. REPORTS:
1. Police Department Report
RTF training completed - Grant almost depleted, many
departments came to observe the training
Retirement of Ken Gettemy
Attended Benchmark Cities Conference - Chiefs from 30
other similar cities get together to share
statistics/ideas/recruitment - recruitment continues to be a
struggle not just for Naperville but the country as a whole
2. Fire Department Report
Congratulations to Amy Scheller on her promotion
St Baldrick’s has raised 1.5 million plus in the 5 years we have
participated
3 full cardiac arrests FD saved 2 of 3, NFD has a 24% save
rate, national average is 12%
NFD has 1 CPR machine in every district cost is $14000
each, decidedly very worth it
G. CLOSED SESSION:
H. ACTION ITEMS:
A MOTION was made to return to open session from closed session by Chairman
David Blaydes seconded by Commissioner Mark Wright 5:03 p.m.3-26-19 The
motion carried with a unanimous voice vote.
Recommendation and Review of FF/PM candidate(s)
A MOTION was made by Commissioner Mark Wright to start Current Employer
Checks on Firefighter/Paramedic Candidates #11 & #3 seconded by
Commissioner Kim Widup.
A MOTION was made by Commissioner Mark Wright to advance
Firefighter/Paramedic candidates #2, #10 & #12 and to start Medical evaluations
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and Current Employer Checks seconded by Commissioner Kim Widup.
Recommendation and Review of Police Officer Candidate(s)
A MOTION was made by Commissioner Kim Widup to advance Police Officer
Candidates #12 & #16 to Medical evaluations seconded by Commissioner Mark
Wright.
A MOTION was made by Commissioner Kim Widup to make conditional offer with
medical and current employer check to Police Officer Candidate #18 seconded
by Chairman David Blaydes. The motion carried with a 2 to 1 voice vote.
I. ADJOURNMENT:
MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT 5:06 3-26-19 1ST Commissioner Mark Wright 2nd
Chairman David Blaydes. The motion carried with a unanimous voice vote.
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Agenda
City of Naperville
400 S. Eagle Street
Naperville, IL 60540
Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
4:00 PM
Municipal Center - West Wing Conference Room
Board of Fire and Police
Board of Fire and Police Meeting Agenda March 26, 2019
A. CALL TO ORDER:
B. ROLL CALL:
C. PUBLIC FORUM:
D. OLD BUSINESS:
E. NEW BUSINESS:
19-299 Review open session minutes from March 12, 2019
19-303 Review open session minutes from March 20, 2019
19-301 Discuss 2019 BOFP CAPS Nomination Form
19-306 Review closed session minutes from March 12, 2019
19-307 Review closed session minutes from March 20, 2019
F. REPORTS:
1. Police Department Report
2. Fire Department Report
G. CLOSED SESSION:
H. ACTION ITEMS:
19-305 Recommendation and Review of FF/PM candidate(s)
19-304 Recommendation and Review of Police Officer Candidate(s)
I. ADJOURNMENT:
Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every effort
will be made to allow for meeting participation.
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