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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 2001-2005} r Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes February 22, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal Lionel Jean -Baptiste MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Chief of Police Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist ei 04ii.120 PRESIDING OFFICIAL: None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7:30 p.m. The minutes of November 1, 2000 were approved. Ms. Reed Owens was Introduced to the Commission, as the Human Resources Specialist assigned to the Police Department The status of Police Officer vacancies was reported at one vacancy; none for Firelighter/Paramedic. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 7:40.p.m. The Commission reconvened in public session at 8:15 p.m. to discuss scheduling of oral interviews. After discussion of the fact that there remains a vacancy for Civil Service Commissioner, and that two Commissioners constitute a quorum, Commissioner Segal moved: "If one of the two Civil Service Commissionefs Is unable to make one of the scheduled meetings during February and Marcie, 2001, Secretary to the Commission Witt is delegated the authority to vote on candidate suitability. It is the policy of the Commission that this is in the best Interests of the Police Departrnent and the City at this time, and is in accordance with the ordinance and rules governing the Civil Service Commission." Commissioner Jean -Baptiste seconded; the vote was unanimous In favor of the motion. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources a. Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes February 24, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal Lionel Jean -Baptiste MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Wdt , Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Chief of Palace OTHERS PRESENT: PRESIDING OFFICIAL: None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 8:00 a.m. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 8:02 a.m. The meeting adjourned at 9:50 a.m. Respectfully submitted, 14- Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes February 26, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal Lionel Jean -Baptiste MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Chief of Police Arturo Elam, Police Lieutenant PRESIDING OFFICIAL: None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7:30 p.m. The minutes of the meetings of February 22 and February 24, 2001 were approved. The Commission adjourned Into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 7:36 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 11 p.m. Respettfully submitted, . 4 . jyoz Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Gvii Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes March 3, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal Lionel Jean -Baptiste MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Chief of Police Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resource Specialist OTHERS PRESENT: PRESIDING OFFICIAL: None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 8 a.m. The minutes of the meeting of February Zb, 2001 were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 8:05 a.m. The meeting adjourned at 10 a.m. RespeWuily submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes March 14, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal Lionel Jean -Baptiste MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Lieutenant Arturo Elam OTHERS PRESENT: PRESIDING OFFICIAL: None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7:25 p.m. The minutes of the meeting of March 3, 2001 were approved. The Commission adjourned Into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 10:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretaryto the Civil Service CommLssion Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes June 4, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resource Specialist W11� �� ti : ►f jF PRESIDING OFFICIAL: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Chid Service Commission was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Commissioner Segal welcomed William Smith to the Gvil Service Commission. Discussion was held regarding the philosophy, values and procedures of the Commission. Chief Kaminski spoke of file mission and vision of the Police Department, and the type of Police Officer candidates the Department needed. The minutes of the meeting of March 14, 2001 were approved. The Commission adjoumed into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 8:00 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Respectfully 1submitted, 1 �' ]ttdlth R. wilt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes Junell, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT. Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Police Chief OTHERS PRESENT: None PRESIDING OFFICIAL: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 1:a0 p.m. The Commission adjoumed into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 1:05 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the C hdl Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes August 11, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist OTHERS PRESENT: PRESIDING OFFICIAL: None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 9:00 a.m. The minutes of the July 2, 2001 meeting were approved. The vacancy status for Police Officer was discussed; two probationary officers have resigned recently. Five officers are in the Academy; six officers are In the Field Training program. Three candidates are scheduled to start work in August and September. Academy schedules were discussed In order to schedule future Commission meetings. The Commission adjourned Into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 9:15 a.m. The next meeting of the Commission will be Wednesday, August 15 at 6 p.m. for purposes of oral interview. The meeting adjourned at 11:40 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes July 2, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Arturo Elam, Police Ueutenant Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist OTHERS PRESENT: PRESIDING OFFICIAL: None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 9:35 a.m. The minutes of the June 4 and June 11, 2001 meetings were approved. The vacancy status for Police Officer was discussed; with promotions and upcoming promotions, potential disability retirements and regular tumover, staff Is projecting at least 5 —10 vacancies through the rest of the calendar year. Three new candidates are being sworn in on July 3; ten candidates are In the field training program; and two are In the Academy. The three to be swom In on July 2 will begin the Academy on July 9. There are three candidates scheduled for oral interviews at today's meeting; there are an additional four candidates to be interviewed In August. Two of those candidates will be the first we have seen from the Police Corps program. This Is a federally funded program where individuals go to college and the Police Academy, paid for by the federal govemment. In retum, they commit to at least three years working in an approved participating agency that accepts them as Police Officers. The City would receive up to $10,000 each year for three years, per candidate. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 9:45 a.m. The meeting adjourned at 11:50 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Iwo) *- Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes August 15, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Dennis Leaks, Police Officer OTHERS PRESENT: None PRESIDING OFFICIAL: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 5:55 p.m. Police Officer, Dennis Leaks, was introduced. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 6:00 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission will be determined The meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ��_ Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources 1 Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes September 5, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist OTHERS PRESENT: None PRESIDING OFFICIAL: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7:25 p.m. The minutes of the August 11, 2001 meeting were approved. Staff noted that the minutes from the August 15, 2001 meeting would be forthcoming at the next meeting. The vacancy status for Police Officer was discussed; academy schedules were discussed In order to schedule future Commission meetings. The Commission acknowledged receipt of the invitation of the City Council Budget Committee to attend the September 18, 2001 meeting of the committee. Staff explained that all members of all Boards and Commissions had been Invited for the purpose of explaining the City's financial status, budget plans and work accomplished to date. The Commissioners agreed that interested members would be in attendance. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 7,40 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission will be Monday, September 10, 2001 at 6 p.m. for purposes of oral interviews. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes September 10, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. • MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. WM Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist OTHERS PRESENT: PRESIDING OFFICIAL.: None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:15 p.m. The minutes of the August 15, 2001 and September 5, 2001 meetings were approved. The vacancy status for Police Officer was discussed; academy schedules were discussed in order to schedule future Commission meetings. The Commission adjourned Into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 6:30 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission will be Monday, October 1, 2001 at 7 p.m. for purposes of oral Interviews and file reviews. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, �11y Judith R. Witt { Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes October 1, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the 001 Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Michael Perry, Police Commander Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist OTHERS PRESENT: PRESIDING OFFICIAL: None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7 p.m. The minutes of the September 10, 2001 meeting were approved. The vacancy status for Police Officer was discussed; academy schedules were discussed in order to schedule future Commission meetings. Commissioner Smith commented on the firefighter/paramedic physical agility examination he observed on September 15, and described it as a challenging test, with what looked to be a good group of candidates. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 7:10 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission will be for purposes of oral Interviews and file reviews, and the date is to be determined. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ct I +rl+ Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes November 29, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Cavil Service Commission Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist OTHERS PRESENT: None PRESIDING OFFICIAL: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7:25 p.m. The minutes of the October 25, 2001 meeting were approved. The vacancy status for Police Officer was discussed and an update given on testing dates with the next Police Officer written test scheduled for December 8 and December 15. Police Department demographic statistics were presented and discussion ensued; an update is to be provided. The Commission adjourned Into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deiiberation, at 7:40 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission will be for purposes of oral interviews and file reviews, and the date is to be determined. The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ryln� Judith R. Witt Secretary to the W Service Commission Director of Human: Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes October 25, 2001 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission John Schroeder, Acting Police Chief Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist PRESIDING OFFICIAL: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston OW Service Commission was called to order at 5 p.m. The minutes of the October 1, 2001 meeting were approved. The vacancy status for Police Officer was discussed; academy schedules were discussed In order to schedule future Commission meetings. Staff reported that the Mayor has Introduced the name of Andrew Paine for City Council confirmation as the third Civil Service Commissioner. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 5:10 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission will be for purposes of oral Interviews and file reviews, and the date is to be determined. The meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Ct e+ Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes January 31, 2002 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. Andrew Paine MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief John Wilkinson, Fire Chief Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Commission OTHERS PRESENT: None PRESIDING OFFICIAL: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was tailed to order at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Segal welcomed Andrew Paine to the Commission, and gave a brief overview of the work of the Civil Service Commission. Chief Kaminski then gave an orientation on the Police Department, his expectations, and skills, values and attributes of a successful Police Officer in Evanston, as well as an explanation of the training process once a candidate is approved by the Commission. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 7:50 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission will be for purposes of oral interviews, with the date(s) of February 7 and February 18 tentatively scheduled. The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes February 7, 20D2 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. Andrew Paine MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: John Wilkinson, Fire Chief Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Judith R. With, Secretary to the Commission OTHERS PRESENT: None PRESIDING OFFICIAL: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:25 p.m. The minutes of the January 31, 2002 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 6:30 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission will be for purposes of oral Interviews, with the date of February 18 scheduled. The meeting adjourned at 9:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minuties February 18, 2002 MEMBERS PRESENT: William Smith, Jr. Andrew Paine MEMBERS ABSENT: Nancy Segal STAFF PRESENT: John Wilkinson, Fire Chief Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist OTHERS PRESENT: None PRESIDING OFFICIAL: William Smith, Jr. The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the February 7, 2DO2 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned Into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 6:35 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes AprU 3, 2002 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Segal William Smith, Jr. Andrew Paine MEMBERS ABSENT: Nancy Segal STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Commission Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist OTHERS PRESENT: None PRESIDING OFFICIAL: William Smith, Jr. The meeting of the Evanston CMI Service Commission was called to order at 7:25 p.m, The minutes of February 18, 2002 were approved. The Commission discussed scheduling Issues, and decided to try to have a monthly meeting scheduled In advance which can either be cancelled if there is no business or added to if required. The Commission agreed to look at the 3`d week of each month for a regular meeting. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 7:45 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:10 P.M. Respectfully submitted, �11+V � ► t Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes April 6, 2002 MEMBERS PRESENT: William Smith, Jr. Andrew Paine MEMBERS ABSENT: Nancy Segal STAFF PRESENT: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Commission Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Mary McCauley, Police Department Administrative Assistant OTHERS PRESENT: None PRESIDING OFFICIAL: William Smith, Jr. The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:35 p.m. Chief Kaminski introduced Ms. McCauley to the Commission; Mary Is very involved with the new police officers once hired, and coordinates the FfO program for the Police Department. The members of the Commission welcomed her to the meeting. The Commission adjourned Into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, at 6:45 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ryy%-ot711- Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Crvil Service Commission Director of Human Resources Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes May 8, 2002 Members Present Nancy Segal William Smith Members Absent: Andrew Paine Staff Present Frank Ka insid, Chief of Police Vonda Reed Owens, Heiman Resources Specialist Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:36pm. There was no public business discussed. The CoEnmi on adjourned to Executive session upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 6:37pm. The meeting adjourned at 6:54pm. The next meeting will be held May 29 at 6pm for the purpose of interviewing four police officer applicants. Respectfully submitted, Vonda Reed Owens Acting Secretary to the Civil Service Commission E Evanston Civil Service Commission Minutes May 29, 2002 Members Present: Andrew Paine Nancy Segal William Smith Members Absent: None Staff Present: Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Commission Frank Kaminski, Chief of Police Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:15pm. The minutes from the April 3, 2002 meeting were approved. Commissioner Nancy Segal requested that the minutes from the May 8 meeting be amended to include the question of conference calls for the purpose of commenting/voting on file review. With that amendment, the minutes of May 8, 2002 were approved. L Staff reported that conference calls did not constitute a meeting under the Open Meetings. Act, and therefore file review decisions would continue to have to be made in a formal meeting of the Commission. The Commission adjourned to Executive session upon unanimous vote, for purposes of ` personnel matter deliberation at 6:30pm. The meeting adjourned at 9:30 pm. The next meeting will be held June 5 at 7pm for the purpose of file review for 8 police officer applicants and firefighter applicants. Respectfully submitted, i Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVA14STON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES JUNE 24, 2002 Members Present: Nancy Segal, Chair William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: John Wilkinson, Fire Chief Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Commission Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Others Present: Members Absent: Presiding Official: None Tim Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston C I Service Commission was called to order at 6:40 p.m. The minutes of the June 5, 2002 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned Into executive session at 6:45 p.m. for personnel matter deliberations. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission is scheduled for July 16, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. for file review of Police and Fire candidates, and Firefighter/Paramedic oral interviews. The meeting adjourned at 10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Commission Cm OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES JULY 16, 2002 Members Present: Nancy Segal, Chair William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief John Wilkinson, Fire Chief Judith R. Witt, Secretary to the Commission Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: Others Present: Presiding Official: None None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:35 p.m. The minutes from the last meeting were not available for the Commission, but will be presented at the next meeting. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 6:40 p.m., upon unanimous vote, for personnel matter deliberations. The Commission set meetings for July 30, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. for Police Officer file review and oral interviews, and for August 6, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. for Fiirefighter/Paramedic file review and oral interviews. The Commission reiterated its philosophy that the probationary period is the last part of the selection process, and that the Fire and Police Chiefs should use that probationary period as such, and not keep einployees who were not performing appropriately. The meeting adjourned at 9 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Commission CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES 3ULY 30, 2002 Members Present: Nancy Segal, Chair William Smith ` Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Vonda steed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: Others Present: Presiding Official: None None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the July 16, 2002 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned Into executive session at 6:40 p.m. for personnel matter deliberations. The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, HuP6rR-- I Secretary to the Commission EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST fi, 2002 Members Present: William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: John Wilkinson, Fire Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Others Present: Members Absent: Presiding Official: None Nancy Segal, Chair William Smith The meeting was called to order at 7:15 p.m. The minutes of the June 24, 2002 and July 30, 2002 meetings were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 7:20 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission is to be scheduled. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES OCTOBER 22, 2002 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Michael Whalen, Acting Fire Chief Blalr Haltom, Division Fire Chief Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Others Present: None • Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. The minutes of the August 6, 2002 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:35 p.m. The Commission scheduled two meetings for police officer candidate oral Interviews: November 4, 2002 at 6:30 p.m., and November 12, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES NOVEMBER 41 2002 Members Present: Nancy Segal Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Others Present: None Members Absent: William Smith Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting was called to order at 6:45 p.m. The minutes of the October 22, 2002 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 6:50 p.m. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission is scheduled for November 12, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIN MINUTES NOVEMBER 12, 2002 Members Present: Nancy Segal Andrew Paine William Smith Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Others Present: None Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. The minutes of the November 4, 2002 meeting were approved. The staff report to the Administration and Public Works Committee regarding Police and Fire hiring over the last 18 months was discussed. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 6:45 p.m. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission Is scheduled for November 19, 2002 at 7 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIN MINUTES NOVEMBER 19, 2002 Members Present: Nancy Segal Andrew Paine William Smith Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Others Present: None Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. `ire minutes of the November 12, 2002 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:05 p.m. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission is scheduled for December 9, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 8A0 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES DECEMBER 912002 Members Present: Nancy Segal Andrew Paine William Smith Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Others Present: None Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting was called to order at 6:50 p.m. The minutes of the November 19, 2002 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session upon unanimous vote for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 6:55 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 9 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES JANUARY 30, 2003 Members Present: Nancy Segal Andrew Paine Wllllam Smith Staff Present: Blair Haltom, Fire Division Chief Robert R. Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Others Present: None Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m. The minutes of the December 9, 2002 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session upon unanimous vote for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:10 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robert R. Gustafson Human Resources Specialist Civil Service Commission Meeting Saturday, April S, 2003 8:00 A.M. Present: Nancy Segal Andrew Burke William Smith Frank Kaminski Vonda Reed Owens -Approval of minutes from last meeting -Executive Session File Review: Police Officer Brian Bartz Yes Anna Ostap Yes Paul Murphy Yes Michael Yorty Yes John Wasilenko Must rc-take Poly. For further consideration Marine Chaurize No Crystal Richards No John Spiewak No Nicholas Waldenmeyer No Interviews for candidates passing the file review process were arranged for Wednesday April 9, 2003 beginning at 6:30 P.M. The meeting closed at approximately 8:27 A.M. CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIiL SERVICE COMMISSIN MINUTES April 9, 2003 Members Present: Nancy Segal Andrew Paine Staff Present: Dennis Nilsson, Police Patrol Commander Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist James Elliot, Police Sergeant Others Present: None Members Absent: Bill Smith Judy Witt Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the April 5, 2003 meeting were approved The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:05 p.m. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission was to be determined. The meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Vonda Reed Owens Human Resources Specialist CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 19, 2003 Members Present: Nancy Segal Andrew Paine William Smith Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith Witt, Director of Human Resources Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Others Present: None Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting was called to order at 8:15 a.m. The minutes of the April 9, 2003 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 8:20 a.m. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission is scheduled for Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 a.m. Respectfully submitted, . Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission '� CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 23, 2003 Members Present: Nancy Segal Andrew Paine William Smith Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith Witt, Director of Human Resources Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Others Present: None Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the April 19, 2003 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned Into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 6:40 p.m. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission Is not yet scheduled. The meeting adjourned at 9 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES J'UNE 5, 2003 Members Present: Nancy Segal Andrew Paine Staff Present: Commander Michael Perry, Evanston Police Department Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: William Smith Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. The minutes of the April 23, 2003 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session, upon unanimous vote, for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:10 p.m. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission is scheduled for June 4, 2003. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judy R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OP EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES 3ULY 30, 2003 As amended by the Civil Service Commission on August 7, 2003 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: None Others Present: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:40 p.m. The minutes of the prior meeting (June 9, 2003) were not available for the Commission to review. The Commission asked staff questions regarding the Impact on the Commission's activities of the newly -amended state Open Meetings Act, and asked that the City attorney respond to questions regarding requirements to record executive sessions of the Commission, and the requirement to take final action in public session. Staff responded that the City attorney will be asked those questions, and would be available at a future meeting to further discuss the matter, if the Commission so wishes. The Commission adjourned Into executive session at 6:55 p.m. for personnel matter deliberations. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission Is scheduled for August 7, 2003 at 6:30 p.m. for police officer candidate oral Interviews. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST 7, 2003 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: None Others Present: Sergeant Michael Keenum Officer Jeremy Nieman, Field Training Officer Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the July 30, 2003 meeting were amended to include Commission discussion of the requirements of the newly -amended state Open Meetings Act, and questions to be asked of the City attorney regarding these requirements as they apply to the Civil Service Commission. With that amendment, the minutes were approved. A copy of the amended minutes is attached hereto. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 6:45 p.m. for personnel matter deliberations. The Commission reconvened In open session at 10:10 p.m. and took the following action: approved unanimously the appointment of Tim Messing as a probationary Police Officer, subject to normal pre-employment/post offer requirements approved unanimously the appointment of Kevin Campbell as a probationary Police Officer, subject to normal pre-employment/post offer requirements q approved unanimously the appointment of Come Svendsen as a probationary Police Officer, subject to normal pre-employment/post offer requirements rejected unanimously the appointment of Michael Goldberg as a probationary Police Officer The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission Is scheduled for August 11, 2003 at 6:30 p.m. for police officer candidate oral interviews; a meeting for oral Interviews of police officer candidates is also scheduled for August 18, 2003 at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST 11, 2003 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: None Others Present: Sergeant Jason Parrott Officer Larry Davis, FTO Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the August 7, 2003 meeting were approved, and the amended minutes of July 30, 2003 reviewed and approved as amended. The Commission adjourned into executive session to deliberate on personnel matters at 6:35 p.m. The Commission reconvened in open session and took the following action: approved unanimously the appointment of Robert Pickreli as a probationary Police Officer, subject to normal pre-employment/post offer requirements unanimously rejected the appointment of C. DeWayne Gregory, Cynthia Fleck, and Laura Davis as probationary Police Officers. The Commission's next meeting is scheduled for August 18, 2003 at 6 p.m. at which police officer candidates will be interviewed. The Commission also set the date of August 27 at 7 p.m. to interview police officer candidates. - Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST 18, 2003 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Vonda Reed Owens, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Others Present: Sergeant Sue Trigourea Officer Jason Kohl, FTO The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the August 11, 2003 meeting were approved. Ms. Reed Owens informed the Commission that she will be leaving the City at the end of August and moving to New Jersey. The Chair and members of the Commission unanimously commended Vonda Reed Owens for her skills, contributions and dedication to the City of Evanston and especially her assistance to the Evanston Civil Service Commission. She will b? missed, and the Commission wishes her the best in New Jersey. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 6:45 p.m. for matters of personnel deliberations. The Commission reconvened in open session at 9:55 p.m. and took the following action: approved unanimously the appointment of Rosaura Piedra and Kevin Jacobs as probationary Police Officers, subject to normal pre-employment/post offer requirements; did not approve, unanimously, the appointment of Jeffrey Pacocha or Craig Miller as probationary Police Officers. The Commission's next meeting is scheduled for August 27, 2003 at 7 p.m. for further oral interviews of Police Officer candidates. Respectfully submitted, tj�tiJ Judith R. Witt �► Secretary to the Civil Service Commission EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST 27, 2003 Members Present: William Smith Andrew Paine 'Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Chief of Police Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: Nancy Segal Others Present: Officer Bonifado Maldonado, FTO Presiding Official: Andrew Paine The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7:00 p.m. The minutes of the August 18, 2003 meeting were approved. The Commission reviewed the answers from the City Attorney responding to their questions on the requirements of the Open Meetings Act. The Commission has one additional question: can the Commission pass a standing resolution that all tapes of executive sessions be automatically destroyed after 18 months? Staff will forward the question to the City attorney. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session upon unanimous vote for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:10 p.m. The Commission re -convened in open sessions at 9:10 p.m. and took the following action: unanimously approved the appointments of Cam Zhu and Melissa Sacluti as probationary police officers, subject to normal pre-employment/post offer requirements; unanimously disapproved the appointment of Patrick Wherfel as a probationary police officer. The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled for September 9, 2003 at 7 p.m. for oral interviews of Police Officer candidates. Respectfully submitted, ljj"� A— .. _ Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES, MARCH 2, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine �•!`J Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7 p.m. The agenda for the meeting contained 20 candidate files for Police Officer positions to be reviewed. In the absence of a sound recording device, the Commission did not adjourn into Executive Session. The Commission voted unanimously to conduct oral interviews of the following candidates: Otha Brooks David Cepiel James Donahue Fernando Gomez Francesca Henderson Tanya Noble Jeffrey Slabas Mark Tapella William Teasley Myesha Wright Paul Wyer Michael Yott The Commission voted unanimously not to proceed With consideredon -of the following candidates: Sharon Callico Steven Hefei Christopher Irlweg Joseph Lazo John Logan Antoine Williams Dagmara Wojtas Monica Reyes Staff reported to the Commission that a writing sample test had been added to the process, and that the writing sample itself would be available to the members of the Commission along with other background material prior to the interview. Three meetings were scheduled for oral interviews of Police Officer candidates: March 9, 2004 — 6:30 p.m. March 13, 2004 — 9 a.m. March 18, 2004 — 7 p.m. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, 1� Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL, SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES MARCH 9, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Michael Perry, Deputy Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:55 p.m. The minutes of the March 2, 2004 meeting were approved. Staff indicated that the Commissioners had copies of the writing samples completed by the candidates, which is a new part of the process. The Commission asked that at a future meeting staff present an explanation of the scoring process, and examples of high and low scoring writing samples. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session for personnel matter deliberation at 7:05 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 9 p.m. The next meetings of the Commission are scheduled for March 13, 2004 at 9 a.m., March 18, 2004 at 7 p.m., and March 25 at 7 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES MARCH 13, Z004 Members Present: Staff Present: Members Absent: Presiding Official: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Frank Kaminski, Police Chief None Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 9 a.m. The minutes of the March 9, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned Into executive session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 9:05 a.m. The Commission reconvened In open session at 12:45 p.m. The meeting scheduled for March 25 was cancelled at the request of the Commission, to be rescheduled some time in April. The meeting adjourned at I p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES MARCH 18, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Alan Belin, Police Officer Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7 p.m. The minutes of the March 13, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:10 p.m. The Commission reconvened in open session at 10 p.m. The Commission took the following actions: unanimously approved the conditional appointment of William Teasley and David Cepiel as probationary Police Officers, pending completion of required steps (medical examination, successful completion of state POWER test at academy). The meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL. SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES MARCH 25, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7:30 p.m. The Commission adjourned into executive session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:35 p.m. The Commission reconvened in open session at 7:55 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled for April i, 2004 at 7 p.m. for oral Interviews for police officer candidates. The Commission asked that staff provide a report on the current demographics on the Fire Department. The Commission agreed to meet in April at a date to be determined to conduct file review for Firefighter/Paramedic candidates, and asked that the packet information be available for them at the April 1 meeting. The meeting adjourned at 8 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL, SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 1, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Chief of Police Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was tailed to order at 7 p.m. The minutes of March 18, 2004 and March 25, 2004 meetings were approved. The Commission convened into Executive Session upon unanimous vote for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:10 p,m. The Commission reconvened in open session at 8:25 p.m. at which time the Commission the following actions: Approved the conditional appointment of Douglas Neff and Charlotte Robinson as probationary Police Officers, pending completion of required steps. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF I:VANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 6, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Alan 8erkowsky, Acting Fire Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7:10 p.m. The Commission discussed the demographics of the Fire Department, and efforts being made to increase diversity in the applicant/hiring process. Staff reported on the current waiver of the 60 hour college credit educational requirement, the history and plans for studying its impact. The Commission decided to wait for more information and more hiring/retention information before making a policy decision on the matter. The Commission also asked for clarification of the status of the maximum hiring age requirement for Firefighters. Finally, the Commission asked that staff contact applicants who have been "on hold" for a pariod of time after completing their psychological and polygraph examinations to make sure they are still interested in pursuing the position. Staff will do this. The Commission adjourned into executive session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:35 p.m. The Commission reconvened in open session at 7:55 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled for May 19, 2004 at 6:30 p.m. for oral interviews for firefighter/paramedic candidates. Future meetings dates have been tentatively scheduled for June 17 and July 15 for further oral interviews. The meeting adjourned at 8 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Secretary to the Civil Service Commission CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 19, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Alan Berkowsky, Acting Fire Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7 p,m. The minutes of the May 6, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission convened in Executive Session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:15 p.m., upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in open session at 9:30 p.m. and took the following action: Approved the appointment of Firefighter/Paramedic candidates Donald Cederberg; Courtney Edwards; Wayne Davis. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission is June 17, 2004. Respectfully submitted, i Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES J U LY 15, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7 p.m. The minutes of the May 19, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission convened in Executive Session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:05 p.m., upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in open session at 9:00 p.m. and took the following action: Denied the application of Kelley Floyd for Frefighter/Paramedic Approved (2 --1) the appointment of John -Lee Hall as a provisional Firehghter/Paramedic, pending completion of pre -employment qualifying processes Denied the appeal of Jason Fuggiti to reconsider his application as Firefighter/Paramedic There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission is August 5, 2004. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST 5, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7 p.m. The minutes of the July 15, 2004 meeting were approved. The Fire Chief reviewer! the Mikva report on the 69 West Washington Street, Chicago (county office building) fire investigation, highlighting several points of interest, including existing and planned training for the Evanston Fire Department, and the Intensifying need for hiring firefighter candidates with a high level of mental and physical skills. The Commission affirmed its objective to hire only the highest quality candidates, and not just fill vacancies. The Commission convened into Executive Session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:20 p.m., upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in open session at 9:45 p.m. and took the following action: Denied the applications of Daniel Crook and Christopher Doran for Firefighter/Paramedic; Approved the appointment of Douglas Dombeck as a provisional Firefighter/Paramedic, pending completion of pre -employment processes There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:55 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission is August 16 at 7 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources Cm OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST 16, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7 p.m. The minutes of the August 5, 2004 meeting were approved. Staff Introduced Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist. Ms. Chukwu started with the City in June, with the Police Department as one of her assigned departments. The Commission welcomed Cheryl and looks forward to working with her. The Commission adjourned Into Executive Session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 7:10 p.m., upon unanimous vote. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. The next meetings of the Commission are August 30, 2004 and September 1, 2004, both at G p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST 30, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the August 16, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 6:35 p.m., upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in public session at 8 p.m. and took the following actions: unanimously denied the application of Lauren Maguire to become a probationary Police Officer unanimously approved the appointment of Tosha Wilson as a probationary Police Officer, subject to final pre -employment conditions There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. The next meetings of the Commission are September 1, 2004 at 6 p.m.; September 14, 2004 at 5:30 p.m., and September 29, 2004 at 6 p.m. A potential meeting is tentatively scheduled for September 13; 2004 at 5:30 p.m., to be•confirmed at the September 1, 2004 meeting. Respectfully submitted, fi�� Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL. SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES SEPTEMBER 1, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the August 30, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 6:35 p.m., upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in public session at 8 p.m. and took the following actions: unanimously denied the application of Robin Payne to become a probationary Police Officer unanimously approved the appointment of Tosha Wilson and James Pillars III as probationary Police Officers, subject to final pre -employment conditions There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9 p.m. The next meetings of the Commission are September 13, 2004 at 5:30 p.m. and September 14, 2004 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting previously scheduled for September 29 has been cancelled. . . - .. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6 p.m. The minutes of the September 1, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 6:05 p.m., upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in public session at 8:15 p.m. and took the following actions: unanimously denied the applications of Richard Ryzewski, Joshua Singer and Christos Tottas to become probationary Police Officers unanimously approved the appointment of Brian Rust as probationary Police Officers, subject to final pre -employment conditions There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. The next meeting of the Commission is September 14, 2004 at 5:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6 p.m. The minutes of the September 13, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 6:05 p.m., upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in public session at 8:15 p.m. and took the following actions: unanimously denied the application of Salma Cruise to become a probationary Police Officer - unanimously approved the appointment of Knetra Shaw and Michael Endre as probationary Police Officers, subject to final pre -employment conditions There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. There Is no future meeting scheduled at this time. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt - Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES NOVEMBER 11, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Judith Witt, Director of Human Resources Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal, Chair The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 5 p.m. The minutes of the September 14, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 5:10 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into public session at 9:15 p.m. and took the following actions: unanimously approved the appointment of Jude Rodriguez as a probationary firefighter/paramedic, subject to final pre -employment conditions; unanimously denied the applications of Louis Hellis, Jr., Patrick Spillane, Mike Shimanski and Timothy Reid to become probationary firefighter/paramedics. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES NOVEMBER 30, 2004 Members Present: William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief ]udith Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: Nancy Segal Presiding Official: Andrew Paine The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:05 p.m. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session for purposes of personnel matter deliberation at 6:10 p.m., upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into public session at 7:15 p.m. and took the following actions: unanimously denied the applications for Gregory Allen, Frederick Blohm, Courtney Christenson, Francis Gando, Drew Parker, Gregory Pemberton and Adam Sherman for employment as probationary police officers. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission is scheduled for December 7, 2004. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, 3udith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES DECEMBER 7, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Officer Jodie Wright, Feld Training Officer Officer Kevin Hindes, Field Training Officer Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7 p.m. The minutes from the November 11 and November 30, 2004 meetings were approved. The Commission adjourned Into Executive Session at 7:05 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into public session at 9:15 p.m. and tools the following actions: unanimously approved the appointment of Andrew Armitage as a probationary Police Officer, subject to final pre -employment conditions; unanimously denied the applications of James Wheatley, Jr. and Valedu Gave to become probationary Police Officers. The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled for Monday, December 13, 2004 at 5:30 p.m. for Police Officer candidate oral interviews. There -being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES DECEMBER 13, 2004 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 5:30 p.m. The minutes from the December 7, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 5:40 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into public session at 9:00 p.m. and took the following actions: unanimously approved the appointment of Chelsea Brown and Jonathan Kain as probationary Police Officers, subject to final pre -employment conditions; unanimously denied the applications of Matthew Mieszala and Joshua Bielma to become probationary Police Officers. The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled for Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. for Police Officer candidate file reviews. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES FEBRUARY 1, 2005 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:40 p.m. The minutes of the December 13, 2004 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 6:50 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The next meetings of the Civil Service Commission are scheduled for February 15, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. and February 21, 2005 at 1 p.m. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVAN STO N CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES FEBRUARY 15, 2005 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 1:00 p.m. The minutes of the February 15, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 1:15 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in public session at p.m., and took the following actions: unanimously approved the appointment of Nicholas Curran and Jeffrey Appelt as probationary Police Officers, subject to pre -employment conditions; unanimously denied the appointment of Christine Schwartz as a probationary Police officer. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission is scheduled for February 21, 2005 at 1 p.m. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Respectruliy submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES FEBRUARY 15, 2005 0� Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 1:00 p.m. The minutes of the February 15, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 1:15 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in public session at p.m., and took the following actions: unanimously approved the appointment of Nicholas Curran and Jeffrey Appelt as probationary Police Officers, subject to pre -employment conditions; unanimously denied the appointment of Christine Schwartz as a probationary Police Officer. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission Is scheduled for February 21, 2005 at 1 p.m. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES May 12, 2005 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Others Present: Dr. Stephen A. Laser Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the February 21, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 6:35 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The next meetings are scheduled for May 17 and May 26, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. for Police Officer oral interviews. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES May 17, 2005 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Dennis Nilsson, Deputy Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the May 12, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 6:35 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in open session and took the following action: unanimously approved the appointments of William Arzuaga, LaShawn Cook, and Jacob McClain as Police Officers, subject to the normal final pre -employment testing. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES May 26, 2005 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Dennis Nilsson, Deputy Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:40 p.m. The minutes of the May 17, 2005 meeting were approved as amended. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 6:45 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in open session and took the following action: unanimously disapproved the appointments of Alexandra Sancen, and Brian Hoelzle as Police Officers. The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled for June 14, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources s CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES of 3une 14, 2005 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: First Half: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Cheryl Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Second Half: Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Bob Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the May 26, 2005 meeting were approved as submitted. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 6:40 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in open session and took the following action: Unanimously approved the appointment of Rebecca Nizolek as a police officer. Unanimously rejected the files of the following police candidates: Michael Borja, Luis Lechuga, Michael Prohaska, Brandon Rambert, Robert Schwandt and Marchand Wright. - Unanimously rejected the files of the following fire candidates: Christopher Gucci, Anthony LoBianco, Rahan Rahim, Darin Rubino, Andrew Schumacher, Kyle Shermach, and William Smaha. The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled for June 18, 2005 at 8:00 am. There being no further business, the meeting adjoumed at 7:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Cheryl Chukwu Human Resources Specialist CITY OF EVANSTON CnaL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES JUNE 18, 200S Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 8:00 a.m. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 8:05 a.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in open session and took the following action: - Unanimously approved the appointment of Matthew Hyatt, Angel Perez and Margaret Schell as probationary police officers subject to pre -employment qualifications; - Unanimously rejected the application of Jeffery Fisher for Firefighter/Paramedic. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at II a.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL, SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST 16, Z005 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Staff Present: Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Ronn Gannon, Division Chief Fire Members Absent: Andrew Paine Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 5:45 p.m. The minutes of the June 18, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 5:50 p.m. for purposes of personnel deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into open session at 6:45 p.m. The next meetings of the Commission are scheduled for August 22, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.; August 31, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.; September 7, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.; and September 10, 2005 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting adjourned at 7 p.m. Respeatftjllr submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources um s CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST 22, 2005 Members Present: Andrew Paine Nancy Segal William Smith Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The minutes of the August 16, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 6:35 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into open session at 8:30 p.m. and took the following actions: approved the probationary appointments of Jeffrey Faison, Anthony Sosa and Aaron Wernick as Police Officers, subject to the normal pre- employment conditions. The next meetings of the Commission are scheduled for August 31, 2005 at 6:30 p.m., September 7, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. and September 10, 2005 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. _ Respectfully submitted, ... Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources y . CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES AUGUST 31, 200S Members Present: Andrew Paine Nancy Segal William Smith Staff Present: Dennis Nilsson, Police Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Ronn Gannon, Fire Division Chief Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Robert R. Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:40 p.m. The minutes of the August 16, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 6:45 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into open session at 9:10 p.m. and took the following actions: - Approved the probationary police officer appointments of Matthew George and Willie Hunt. - Approved the probationary firefighter paramedic appointment of John Calhoun. - Unanimously rejected the files of the following police candidates: Derrick Hubert, Oswald Ramsey. - Unanimously rejected the files of the following fire candidates: Anthony Hatcher, Ian Kennedy, John Gaffke, Anthony Toman. The next meetings of the Commission are scheduled for September 7, 2005 at 6:30 p.m., and September 10, 2005 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robert R. Gustafson and Cheryl Chukwu Human Resources Specialists CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES SEP?EMBER 7, 2005 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Staff Present: Demitrous Cook, Deputy Chief of Police Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Robert R. Gustafson, Human Resources Specalist Members Absent: Andrew Paine Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:35 p.m. The minutes of the August 31, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 6:45 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into open session at 7:25 p.m. and took the following actions: Unanimously approved the probationary firefighter paramedic appointment of Kevin Rodriguez. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 8:15 for the purpose of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into open session at 9:10 pm and took the following actions: Unanimously approved the probationary police officer appointment of Raven Cashaw, subject to the normal final pre -employment testing. Unanimously disapproved the appointment of Christine Bartucci as a probationary police officer. The next meeting of the Commission is scheduled for September 10, 2005 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, - - Robert R. Gustafson and Cheryl Chukwu Human Resources Specialists CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES SEPTEMBER 10, 200S Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Demitrous Cook, Deputy Chief of Police Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 8:00 a.m. The minutes of the August 7, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into executive session at 8:15 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into open session at 7:25 p.m. and took the following actions: - Unanimously disapproved the appointment of Markell Parks as a probationary police officer. The next meeting of the Commission to be determined. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Cheryl Chukwu Human Resources Specialists CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL. SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 Members Present: Nancy Segal William Smith Andrew Paine Staff Present: Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Joseph Bellino, Deputy Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Presiding Official: Nancy Segal The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 7:15 p.m. The minutes of the September 10, 2005 meeting were approved. The Fire Chief submitted copies of the department's annual report to the Commission for their information, and noted of special interest to the Commission areas of call volume, and demographics of the department. He also Included information on desirable traits for a firefghter/paramedic. Chief Berkowsky updated the Commission on the Fire Department response to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts; 4 members of the Department, under orders from the state emergency management system, spent two weeks in Slidell, Louisiana. They spent the majority of their time replacing Slidell firefighters who had been working non-stop, responding to fires and emergency calls. The Commission discussed recruitment efforts and programs relating to Firefighters and the goal of additional diversity amongst recruits. Commissioner Smith moved the following: Staff is to develop a proposal to work with Evanston Township High School to develop potential candidates for Firefighter/Paramedic. The project should include the examination of available opportunities to work with the high school population, an analysis of issues to be resolved (e.g., the gap between high school graduation at age 18, and the minimum age of 21 for hiring as a Firefighter/Paramedic), and the development of a plan and program Implementing a partnership with the high school to accomplish the goal. After the Commission approves the proposal, staff Is directed to submit the plan to the City Manager for approval. The Commission would like such proposal to be distributed to the City Council for information, preferably in a joint presentation to the Council. Commissioner Paine seconded the motion; it passed unanimously. Staff indicated it would develop a draft of the requested proposal and return it to the Commission for review shortly. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 7:45 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened in public session at 9:15 p.m. and tools the following action: approved the appointment of Jason Hays as a probationary Firefighter/Paramedic, subject to normal pre -employment conditions. The Commission scheduled its next meeting for October 5, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. for Police Officer candidate interview, and Firefighter/Paramedic file review. The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES November 29, 2DD5 Members Present: William Smith Andrew Paine Audrey Soglin Kihm Staff Present: Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Frank Kaminski, Chief of Police Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Cheryl Schrader-Chukwu, Human Resources Specialist Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Members Absent: None Presiding Official: William Smith The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 6:40 p.m. The first order of business was the election of a new Chair. Commissioner Paine moved, Commissioner Soglin seconded the motion to name William Smith as Chair. Chairman Smith officially welcomed Audrey Soglin Kihm to the Commission. The minutes of the October 5, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 6:55 p.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The next meetings of the Civil Service Commission are December 10 at 8:30 a.m.; December 12 at 4 p.m., and December 17 at 8:30 a.m. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES December 10, 2005 Members Present: William Smith Audrey Soglin Kihm Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Members Absent: Andrew Paine Presiding Official: William Smith The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order to 8:10 a.m. The minutes of the November 29, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 8:15 a.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into open session, and upon unanimous vote, took the following actions: Approved the appointments of Ryan Kendricks, Josue Canchola, Grace Carmichael, Ronald Slumenberg, and Jason Stanford as probationary Police Officers, subject to normal pre -employment conditions. The next meetings of the Civil Service Commission are December 12, 2005 at 4 p.m., and December 17, 2005 at 8:30 a.m. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 12 noon. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL. SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES December 12, 2005 Members Present: William Smith Audrey Soglin Kihm Andy Paine Staff Present: Frank Kaminski, Police Chief Judith R. Witt, Director of Human Resources Cheryl Chukwu Presiding Official: William Smith The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order to 4:10 p.m. The minutes of the December 10, 2005 meeting were approved. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 4:15 p.m. for purposes of • personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into open session, and upon unanimous vote, took the following actions: Approved the appointments of Ashoor Mesho, Christopher Moravec, David Cherrey and Benjamin Yackley as probationary Police Officers, subject to normal pre -employment conditions. The next meeting of the Civil Service Commission is December 17, 2005 at 8:30 a.m. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 12 noon. Respectfully submitted, Judith R. Witt Director of Human Resources CITY OF EVANSTON CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES December 17, 2005 Members Present: William Smith Audrey Soglin Kihm Andrew Paine Staff Present: Alan Berkowsky, Fire Chief Robert Gustafson, Human Resources Specialist Presiding Official: William Smith The meeting of the Evanston Civil Service Commission was called to order at 8,40 a.m. The minutes of the December 12, 2005 meeting were approved subject to correcting the adjournment time, corrected time is 7:45 p.m. The Commission adjourned into Executive Session at 8:45 a.m. for purposes of personnel matter deliberation, upon unanimous vote. The Commission reconvened into open session, and upon unanimous vote, took the following action: Approved the appointments of Sean Malloy and Michael Perrino as probationary Firefighter/Paramedics, subject to normal pre- employment conditions. The next meetings of the Civil Service Commission are scheduled for January 10 and January 12, 2006, both at 6:00 p.m. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Robert R. Gustafson Human Resources Specialist