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CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE
FIRE MERIT COMMISSION
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Jeffersonville Fire Merit Commission held a Regular Meeting on Thursday, January
3, 2013 in the 2 Floor Mayor's Conference Room, 500 Quartermaster Court,
Jeffersonville, IN.
Lyn Akermon — President
Bobby Ervin- Vice President
Jeff Frey — Secretary
Patricia Barrow — Board Member
Clark Miles — Board Member
Drew Adams - Attorney
Connie Conen — Recording Secretary
GUESTS
Chief Hedrick, Firefighters M. McDowell, C. Ogden, M. Renn, B. DeArk, J. Thompson,
J. Smart, T. Kiesler, J. Wiesenauer
CALL TO ORDER:
Mr. Akermon called the meeting to order at 6:05 PM — all commissioners were present.
MINUTES:
Mr. Fry made a motion to accept the minutes of the December 7, 2012 meeting. Ms.
Barrow seconded — motion passed unanimously.
OLD BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS:
- Mr. Adams advised Mr. Thompson that he should come to the 2/7/2013 meeting
to appeal the question of his promotion to the commission.
- Chief Hedrick asked the Commissioners to approve the promotion of Mr. C.
Ogden to Sergeant. Mr. Ervin made the motion; Mr. Miles seconded — motion
passed unanimously.
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- Mr. Adams will notify Mr. J. Johns and his attorney that they will be a hearing on
his disciplinary action on 2/7/2013 after the open meeting.
- Mr. Ervin reminded all that the 1/17/2013 meeting is a special meeting for the
review of the tactical questions used during the promotional testing.
- Chief Hedrick passed out the work schedules for all crews and where they will be
crew transfers. He feels that the houses are understaffed in relation to other
"same size cities" in Indiana. The City Council currently does not have any plans
on hiring to replace Mr. Gavin who plans on retiring in 2013.
- Mr. C. Ogden (Ogdenfamilyl @gmail.com) requested that minutes of open
meetings be sent to him after they have been approved so that he can get them to
the Union.
- Mr. Akerman asked about the Fire Department Evaluations and asked that the
Department work with Liz Gross on a grading scale. Chief Hedrick agreed to
contact Ms. Gross to work on a scale.
- Union Contact Information:
o President — Matt McDowell — rangermcdowell@hotmail.com
o Vice President — Tony Decker — fftdeck99 @yahoo.com
o Treasurer — Chad Ogden — ogdenfamilyl@gmail.com
o Secretary — Brad Tetley — Bradley.tetley@gmail.com
Upcoming meetings include:
1/17/2013 — 6:00 Special meeting to discuss the tactile test questions
To be held in 1 Floor Council Chambers
2/7/2013 — 5:00 Executive — To Be Held in 1 Floor Council Chambers
— 6:00 Open Meeting with Hearings at the end
ADJOURNMENT:
Mr. Ervin made a motion to adjourn; Mr. Frey seconded — motion passed unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:35PM.
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SUBMITTED: Connie Conen, Recording Secretary