Greenwood Fire Department Merit Board - City of Greenwood, Indiana

Greenwood Fire Department Merit BoardMike Tapp called the March 27, 2008 Greenwood Fire Department Merit Board meetingto order at 4:00 p.m.Present: Tug Sutton, Mike Tapp, City Attorney Shawna Koons-Davis, Chief SteveDhondt, also Michelle QuickReyes, Secretary.Absent: Bret PryorApproval of Minutes: Motion was made to approve the minutes by Tug Sutton from theMarch 11, 2008 meeting; motion seconded by Mike Tapp, the motion was carriedunanimously.Business: The meeting began with the continued discussion of the final review andadoption of the proposed Firefighter / EMT hiring process. Mike Tapp stated that theBoard received, and reviewed via email, the proposed additional sections for the Rules ofProcedures. He also stated that in a recent discussion with Bret Pryor in regards to theadoption of the proposed Firefighter / EMT hiring process, Bret indicated andrecommended that the Board continue with adoption of the process without his presencein the current Merit Board meeting. Mike Tapp recommended a motion to amend theGreenwood Fire Department Merit Board Fire Firefighter / EMT hiring processrecommendations as presented by Fire Chief Steve Dhondt, to include additional sectionseight, nine and ten as drafted by the City Attorney Shawna Koons-Davis; motionseconded by Tug Sutton. Steve Dhondt suggested that sections eight, nine and ten of theproposed hiring process be read for the benefit of the Firefighters in the audience.Shawna Koons-Davis read the process as attached.Captain Sean Santerre asked Chief Steve Dhondt if the Greenwood Fire Department haddecided on using the CPAT Test in relation to the Physical Fitness portion of the test.Steve Dhondt stated that there has currently not been any determination at the moment onwhich test to use, because it is a specific test that can be selected prior to the initiation ofa hiring process.Mike Tapp suggested further discussing the Physical Fitness portion of the test at a laterMerit Board meeting.Mike Tapp called for a vote in favor of amending the Greenwood Fire Department MeritBoard Fire Firefighter / EMT hiring process. Motion was carried unanimously. TugSutton made a motion to adopt the Greenwood Fire Department Merit Board FireFirefighter / EMT hiring process, as amended; motion seconded by Mike Tapp, themotion was carried unanimously.1

No old business to discuss.Lieutenant John Dean asked what the status was on the Merit Rank proposal list. SteveDhondt stated that it was adopted as a condition of the ordinance passing the CityCouncil.Mike Tapp suggested discussing the Lieutenant hiring process in the next Merit Boardmeeting, in the absence of Bret Pryor.Motion was made by Mike Tapp to set the next Merit Board meeting on Thursday, May1, 2008, at 4:00 p.m.; seconded by Tug Sutton, the motion was carried unanimously.Firefighter Matt Davidson asked if the absence of a Board member was going to delaythe hiring process in the Merit Board meetings to a later time of the year. Mike Tappstated that he didn’t think it would. Shawna Koons-Davis stated that she didn’t think thatthe Board would initiate a hiring process before all the procedures are finalized, thus thehiring process would not be delayed. Steve Dhondt stated that the Merit Board hadpreviously discussed this issue, and he assured the Board that the earliest that theGreenwood Fire Department would be able to regain funding from the Council for thehiring process would be summer of 2008, therefore the decisions will not impact the timeline on a hiring or promotional process.Motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Tug Sutton; motion seconded by Mike Tapp,the motion was carried unanimously.Meeting was adjourned at 4:13 p.m.2