Lake County Gazette

City of North Chicago Board of Fire and Police Commissioners met Feb. 8.

Here is the minutes provided by the Commissioners:

1. Chairwoman Lewis called the meeting to order at 4:00 P.M.

2. Roll call identified the following Commissioners present:

Chairwoman, Debra Lewis Secretary, Nina Hampton-Stokes Commissioner, David Weil

Other persons present included:

Attorney Joseph Miller of the law firm of Ottosen-Britz, Ltd. Laz Perez, Chief, North Chicago Police Department Dell Urban, Chief, North Chicago Fire Department Cesar Flores, Detective, City of North Chicago Police Department Josh Monroe, City of North Chicago Fire Department

3. Chairwoman Lewis opened the meeting for Public Comment.

No public comments were heard during the meeting.

4. Approval of Minutes.

a. The minutes from the open and closed sessions meetings of November 15, 2017 and January 11, 2018 as well as the closed session minutes from the December 14, 2017 meeting of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners were reviewed. Chairwoman Lewis made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Secretary Hampton-Stokes. No further discussion. Roll call vote: Roll call vote: Lewis – Aye, Weil – Aye, Hampton-Stokes – Aye. Motion approved; minutes approved.

5. Old Business.

a. The Commission reviewed invoices for services received by the Commission. Specifically, the Commission reviewed two invoices from Ottosen Britz for legal services in the amount of $5,920. Motion to pay invoices by Chairwoman Lewis, seconded by Secretary Hampton-Stokes. No further discussion. Roll call vote: Lewis – Aye, Weil – Aye, Hampton-Stokes – Absent. Motion passed

b. Update on probationary police officers (Chief Perez). Chief Perez noted that a probationary officer (Battaso) had surgery for an injury.

c. Update on pending significant police officer disciplinary matters (Chief Perez). An update on police officer disciplinary matters will be held in closed session.

d. Update on probationary firefighters (Chief Urban). Chief Urban noted that both probationary firefighters Sheehan and Stein are doing well.

e. Update on pending significant firefighter disciplinary matters (Chief Urban). Chief Urban indicated that there are no pending disciplinary matters.

f. Update on Commissioners’ records in file storage room. No report.

6. New Business.

a. Update on Commission Rules. The Commissioners noted that they received the sample rules from other towns provided by the attorneys.

b. Update, if any, on Commissioners’ budget – administrative and full-time police officer process firefighter process, police lieutenant examination process expenses, etc. No update.

c. Update on information concerning hiring (Police Department). A discussion on the hiring of police officer candidates will be held in closed session.

d. Police lieutenant promotions. A discussion on police lieutenant promotions was held in closed session.

e. Fire lieutenant promotions. It was noted that the fire department is fully staffed with a current list. No additional updates.

f. Police officer lateral hiring process. A discussion on police officer hiring was held in closed session.

7. Closed Session. Chairwoman Lewis motioned, seconded by Secretary Hampton- Stokes, to enter closed session at 4:10 P.M. for the purpose of discussing the appointment, employment, performance and discipline of specific employees of the City. No further discussion. Roll call vote: Lewis – Aye, Weil – Aye, Hampton-Stokes – Absent. Motion passed.

Chairwoman Lewis reconvened open session at 5:08 P.M.

8. Action after closed session.

a. Chairwoman Lewis made a motion to approve the final police lieutenant list, the motion was seconded by Secretary Hampton-Stokes. Roll call vote: Roll call vote: Lewis – Aye, Weil – Aye, Hampton-Stokes – Aye. Motion approved.

b. Chairwoman Lewis made a motion to authorize the Commission to authorize the lateral hiring process upon the completion of the pending background checks by the police department, the motion was seconded by Secretary Hampton-Stokes. Roll call vote: Roll call vote: Lewis – Aye, Weil – Aye, Hampton-Stokes – Aye. Motion approved.

9. Adjournment. There being no further business, a motion was made by Chairwoman Lewis, seconded by Commissioner Weil, to adjourn at 5:10 P.M. A voice call vote was taken with the following results: 3 Yes, 0 No. Motion to adjourn carried.

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