Fire and Police Commission
Regular MeetingPalatine, IL · August 6, 2025
Minutes
FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION
AUGUST 6, 2025 AT 5:00 PM
PALATINE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 84
220 W ILLINOIS AVE
PALATINE, IL 60067-5339
(847) 202-6340 www.palatine.il.us
MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING 5:00 PM
I. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting started at 5:04 PM
II. ROLL CALL
PRESENT : Fire & Police Commissioner Dan Nallen, Fire & Police Commissioner Robert
Falardeau, Fire & Police Commissioner Eugene Nowak, Fire & Police
Commissioner James Hader, Fire & Police Commissioner William Rossi
ABSENT :
ARRIVED :
Also present: Chief Gratzianna, Deputy Chief Mackeben, Deputy Chief Lavacchi, Division Chief
Buzzard, Battalion Chief Kluzek, Battalion Chief Nagy,
Captain Vonder Heide.
III. POLICE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
A. Motion to approve an exception to the POWER card requirement for deployed
military personnel, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Fire and
Police Commission, specifically Chapter 5, Article 2, Section 3.
RESULT: MOTION APPROVED BY VOICE VOTE
MOVER: Robert Falardeau
SECONDER: William Rossi
AYES: Dan Nallen, Robert Falardeau, Eugene Nowak, James Hader, William Rossi
NAYES: None
IV. FIRE DEPARTMENT CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
Fire Department Candidates Interviewed
1. Matthew Fortune
2. Thomas Moran
3. Jack Moran
4. Daniel Degryse
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5. Logan Mertes
6. Nathan Huemann
V. ADJOURNMENT
RESULT: APPROVED BY VOICE VOTE
MOVER: Robert Falardeau
SECONDER: Eugene Nowak
AYES: Dan Nallen, Robert Falardeau, Eugene Nowak, James Hader, William Rossi
NAYES: None
Adjourned at 7:55 PM
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Agenda
FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION
AUGUST 6, 2025 AT 5:00 PM
PALATINE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 84
220 W ILLINOIS AVE
PALATINE, IL 60067-5339
(847) 202-6340 www.palatine.il.us
AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING 5:00 PM
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. POLICE DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
A. Motion to approve an exception to the POWER card requirement for deployed
military personnel, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Fire and
Police Commission, specifically Chapter 5, Article 2, Section 3.
IV. FIRE DEPARTMENT CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
V. ADJOURNMENT
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