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City of McHenry
Board of Police Commissioners
October 5, 2016
Chairman Rick Huber called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM in the City of McHenry Council Chambers
with the following Commissioner present Ramon Gregorio. Absent: Mike Roberts. Also present: Chief
John Jones, Deputy Chief John Birk, Human Resources Manager Ann Campanella, and Deputy City
Clerk Marci Geraghty.
Public Input:
None.
1. Consideration of September 7, 2016 Meeting Minutes
Motion by Huber, seconded by Gregorio to approve the minutes from the September 7, 2016 Police
Commission meeting as presented.
Voting Aye: Huber, Gregorio
Voting Nay: None
Abstaining: None
Not Voting: None
Absent: Roberts
Motion carried.
2. Unfinished Business
a. Lateral Entry Eligibility List. Chief Jones addressed the commission regarding his desire to postpone
the start of the Lateral Entry Eligibility List until reconstruction of the Police Admin/Dispatch areas
and the hiring process for potentially nine or 11 new dispatchers is near conclusion. Chief
recommends not overlapping the two processes. He added the city has a strong pool of candidates
on the current eligibility list and if the commission agrees, he recommends beginning the process at
the January meeting when a timeline would be presented. The commission concurred.
b. Department/Personnel Update. Officers Malik and Kulcsar are currently in step one of field training
and doing well. A detailed update will be available for the next meeting.
c. Police Dispatch/Administration Renovations. Chief Jones reported construction is on schedule.
Police administration and dispatch center renovations are scheduled to be completed March
3, 2017. Three dispatchers from Harvard were hired. The Harvard center will close on
December 27th. In the interim, they are working part-time in the McHenry dispatchers are
working Upon completion, the Police Commission will meet in the new conference room
that will be located upstairs.
Chief Jones informed the commission he will discuss the procedure for posting the Lateral
Entry Eligibility List at the meeting in October.
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3. New Business
None.
4. Communications
None
5. Motion to Adjourn
There being no further business to discuss, Gregorio made a motion, seconded by Roberts to adjourn
the meeting.
Voting Aye: Roberts, Gregorio, Huber
Voting Nay: None
Abstaining: None
Not Voting: None
Absent: None
Motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:10 PM. Next meeting of the Police Commission is October 5, 2016.
Respectfully submitted,
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Marci Geraghty, Recording Secretary