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City of McHenry
Board of Police Commissioners
August 1, 2012
Chairman Haley called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM in the City of McHenry Aldermen’s Conference
Room. Also in attendance were Commissioner Gregorio and Commissioner Roberts. Others present,
Chief John Jones, Deputy Chief John Birk, and Executive Assistant Marci Geraghty.
Consideration of Minutes
Motion by Roberts, seconded by Gregorio to approve the minutes from the July 11, 2012 Police
Commission meeting as presented.
Voting Aye: Gregorio, Roberts, Haley
Voting Nay: None
Motion carried.
Update on Recent Hires
Chief Jones advised Officer Zumwalt is in step 4 of his training and performing well in the field. Officer
Lusmann is in PTI. Chief Jones said the department receives an update on his progress every 4 weeks.
Update on Promotion Process
Deputy Chief Birk reported 13 officers registered to take the sergeants test. At the last meeting, 14 were
signed up however one officer removed their name from the list.
The testing company is scheduled to arrive on September 8th and will give the written exam in the
municipal center classroom.
The interview timeline was discussed and amended to hold interviews on Saturday, November 10th in the
morning and to change the number of interviews from 14 to 13:
Saturday, November 10th: five interviews 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Monday, November 12th: four interviews 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Monday, November 19th: four interviews 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Chief Jones will provide the board with panel questions.
Bills for Approval
Roberts made a motion, seconded by Gregorio to authorize payment to Theodore Polygraph Service in the
amount of $135 and to Center for Therapeutic Services and Psychodiagnostics in the amount of $600 for
services rendered for officer candidate Ryan Lusmann. All ayes, motion carried.
Chairman Haley noted this was the first time the Center for Therapeutic Services has been used for psych
testing and asked Chief Jones to provide the commission with a copy of the test results for the purpose of
evaluating their services. Chief Jones commented the department is impressed with Ryan Lusmann and is
confident he will be a good officer.
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Other Business
D.C. Birk reported the MCPOA Golf Outing held on July 27th at Boone Creek Golf Club was a success.
The department is hopeful that at least the goal of $6,500 was reached. Each year, the goal is to raise
funds for charitable associations such as Shop with a Cop and Special Olympics, obligated donations that
include a $2,000 scholarship for Miss McHenry and $1,750 for each McHenry High School. Any
remaining funds are use to assist needy children and their families.
Adjournment
There being no further business to discuss, Gregorio made a motion, seconded by Roberts to adjourn the
meeting.
Voting Aye: Gregorio, Roberts, Haley
Voting Nay: None
Motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:24 PM.
Next meeting is September 5, 2012.
Respectfully submitted,
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Marci Geraghty, Executive Assistant