HomeMy WebLinkAboutOCTOBER 6,2016 CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE
FIRE MERIT COMMISSION
The Jeffersonville Fire Merit Commission held a Regular Meeting on Thursday, October
6, 2016 in the first floor Council Chambers, 500 Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville, IN.
Jeff Frey—President
Tom Kepfhammer—Vice President
Patricia Barrow— Secretary
Kent Monohan—Board Member
Bernie Horvath—Board Member
Nathan Masingo —Attorney
Connie Conen—Recording Secretary
GUESTS: J. Hurt, D. Dierking,Amy Emerson and Chief Hedrick
CALL TO ORDER:
Mr. Frey called the meeting to order at 6:35PM. All Commissioners were present.
Mr. Horvath made a motion to accept the minutes of the September 1, 2016 meeting, Ms.
Barrow seconded - the minutes were unanimously approved.
NEW BUSINESS:
- Amy Emerson from IPSP spoke about the Promotional Written Test that was taken
by 27 candidates. There were 20 challenges to written answers—the Commissioners
agreed that for 4 of the questions, all answers were acceptable. Mr. Monohan made
a motion to accept the challenges and to accept the test/answers as valid; Ms. Barrow
seconded—this was unanimously approved. The exam was scored so that the top
scorer achieved 100%. If at least 70% score was not achieved, the Fire Fighter could
still interview but would not be on the final edibility list. The results with the final
scoring will be put on Target by the Chief—using no names just the individual code
numbers. Only 2 Fire Fighters did not achieve at least 70% and the challenges to
test questions did not affect the outcome.
- Chief Hedrick noted that rooms will be set up at Station 2 for the oral interviews.
All Commissioners agreed to work all 3 interview days which are October 19, 20
and 21.
- The Chief and J. Hurt are working on Contract negations and including a training
module. The Chief will be obligated to put all on all courses that are needed for
promotion at least I time annually.
- Mr. Frey—in the next 2 years the Commission needs to review the new hire and
promotional procedures. It might be advisable to start in January with a completion
date of May/June.
- The Chief noted that there was no movement on Public Safety funding from River
Ridge.
Adjournment:
Ms. Barrow made a motion to adjourn; Mr. Monohan seconded. The meeting was
adjourned at 7:12.
Upcoming Meeting:
November 3, 2016— 5:30 Executive, 6:00 Open Meeting
APPROVED:
Jeff Frey, Pr ident VTE
SUBMITTED: Connie Conen, Recording Secretary