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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-01-2010CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT MERIT COMMISSION Thursday, April 1 2010 6:00 PM The Jeffersonville Fire Department Merit Commission held a Regular Meeting on Thursday, April 1, 2010 in the Second Floor Conference Room, 500 Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville, IN. The following were present: David Martin -President Jeff Frey -Board Member Lyn Ackermon -Board Member Ron Glass -Secretary/Treasurer Mary Sue Ellenbrand -Stenographer Greg Clark -Attorney GUESTS: Members of the Jeff Fire Department David Kaskie, President of the Jeffersonville Firefighters Local 558 CALL TO ORDER: Mr. Martin called the meeting to order at 6:07 PM. MINUTES: Mr. Martin presented the minutes for the meeting of March 4, 2010. Mr. Frey made a motion to approve the minutes of March 4, 2010. Mr. Glass seconded. Motion passed unanimously. APPLICATION: Mr. Clark reported that he has made the necessary revisions to the application for new hires. The application is now in the Human Resource Office and on line on the City's website. Applications will be due Apri130, 2010 at 4:00 PM. The written test will take place on May 22, at 9:00 AM. There will be an alternate date for the applicants that cannot make that date. Those applicants will need to go to Indianapolis. June 12 and 13 -Applicant interview June 19 -Backup date. June 21 and 22 -Promotion interviews June 28 -Promotion test - 9:00 - 12:00 at the Jeff Fire Department Headquarters The Human Resources Department will do the background checks. GRIEVANCE: Mr. Greg Hammond filed a grievance regarding an "annual fitness test" related dispute that occurred on March 4th. Since the filing of the grievance, the union has gone through the grievance process to reach the merit commission for a review of the fitness related dispute. Step #1 -Sergeant Hammond aggrieved on March 4th, grievance filed -March 5th Step #2 and Step #3 - Loca1558 Executive board voted and passed -March 10th Step #4 -Met with fire administration -March 22"d Step #5 -Written response received March 30th Step #6 -After receiving the written response from the fire administration on 3/30/2010, the next step in the grievance process is to have the dispute heard at the Fire Merit Commission's "next regularly scheduled meeting for review". The commission recommended after much discussing tabling the issue until the next meeting. Mr. Frey made a motion to table the issue until the next meeting. Mr. Glass seconded. Motion passed unanimously. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Martin asked if there was any additional business. Hearing none Mr. Glass made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 PM. APPROVED: i ~, ,~ . -. ~~ . ~._.. ; ~. David Martin, President