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CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE
FIRE MERIT COMMISSION
Thursday, February 7, 2013
The Jeffersonville Fire Merit Commission held a Regular Meeting on Thursday, February
7, 2013 in the 1 Floor Council 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 J. Obermeier, C. Ogden, B. Bowyer, B. Tetley, G. Kinnaird,
B. Ervin, J. Thompson, R. Jackson, J. Wiesenauer, M. McDowell, B. DeArk
CALL TO ORDER:
Mr. Akermon called the meeting to order at 6:08 PM — all commissioners were present
except Mr. Miles.
MINUTES:
Mr. Fry made a motion to accept the minutes of the January 17, 2013 meeting; it was
seconded — motion passed unanimously.
OLD BUSINESS:
- The Mr. John's hearing will be at the March 3 meeting — Mr. Adams will notify
Mr. Wilder and Mr. John's. This hearing will take place even if neither party
comes to the meeting.
- Mr. Adams noted that Mr. Sharp's hearing will be on February 15 at 9:OOAM.
- Mr. Adams will review Mr. S. Grant's court order.
- Mr. J. Thompson had previously formalized an appeal to the Fire Merit
Commission regarding his deletion from the promotion list. However, Mr.
Adams had not notified him that he should come to the 2/7/2013 meeting to
appeal this.
Mr. Thompson noted that the 12/2011 rules required that a firefighter serve 2
years in present department and 2 years in grade and complete the educational
requirements. He requested that the Commission re- instate him on the
promotional list.
The old rule read in "equivalent department ". This was removed to the fact that
the Commisison would not know what the other departmental requirements would
be. "In department" was added due to the belief that a firefighter would need to
know the streets and workings of the department.
The Commission will need to have another meeting to discuss this and will revisit
it at the March 7, 2013 meeting. There will be a special meeting on February 28,
2013to discuss Mr. Thompson's request
- Mr. Ervin asked if anyone had any further comments regarding the Tacticle
testing — there were no comments.
NEW BUSINESS
- The Commissioners agreed to move the July 4 meeting to July 11, 2013.
- It was re- stated that the Commission would like to receive any recommendations
for any changes to the rules/by -laws by April 30, 2013.
- Mr. Kinnaird asked if an appeal would be pursued regarding the Court Order for
Mr. Grant. Because of the court ruling, Mr. Kinnaird is knocked out of the
promotional list for the rank of Captain. The Commission will not appeal this
decision but suggested that perhaps the Union lawyer could. Currently Mr. Gran
is being paid as a Captain and will retain that rank — even though he has not met
the educational requirements. The Commission also noted that an appeal could be
done in Circuit Court. The Chief cannot "force" Mr. Grant to make up the
educational requirements for the rank — he would not be eligible for promotion
unless he did. The Chief noted that having someone in the rank of Captain who
does not have the on -line experience — it is a liability to the City.
- Mr. Thompson and the Chief are working on a leadership program.
Upcoming Meetings:
2/28/2013 - 5:00 Special Meeting — Mayor's Conference Room
3/7/2013 — 5:00 — Executive Meeting — Mayor's Conference Room
6:00 - Open Meeting
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Adjournment:
Mr. Frey made a motion to adjourn; Ms. Barrow seconded — motion passed unanimous).
The meeting was adjourned at 6:50PM. y
APPROVED:
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n Akermon, President
SUBMITTED:
Connie Conen, Recording Secretary