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City of Muskego Police & Fire Commission Meeting
July 21, 2005
The meeting of the Muskego Police & Fire Commission was held on Thursday, July 21,
2005, in the conference room of the City of Muskego Police Department. Acting
Chairman Robert Rammer called the meeting to order at 7:30PM.
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll call was taken with Commissioners Robert Rammer, Blenda Treba, Lewis Lehman,
and Edward Gleason present. Commissioner Terry Sindic was absent. Commissioner
Edward Gleason was introduced to the group as the commissioner recently selected by
Mayor Charles Damaske to fill the position of Michael Kuwitzky, whose term expired
Mayof2005.
Statement of Public Notice was given to the press and posted Thursday, July 14,2005.
Commissioner Lehman made a motion to approve the agenda items with Commissioner
Treba seconding. Motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner Lehman made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 21, 2005
meeting minutes. Commissioner Treba seconded and motion carried unanimously.
REPORT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT:
. Officer Jim Rozeski is out on sick leave since mid-June and unknown when he
will return.
. Officer Jeff Fuller is out due to injuries he suffered in a squad accident which
occurred on March 10, 2005. Unknown how long he will be off duty.
. Officer Justin Handrow was released from employment while on probation.
. Officers W estphal, Werner, Monreal, Heusdens, and Bill Jones are doing fine
during the field training phase. Three of the officers are on their own and the
other two will be shortly. The Commission asked that the Field Training Program
be presented at the next meeting.
. The 2006 Budget is being worked on and the costliest item is the dispatch center.
A decision needs to be made as to which route to take: keep dispatch in Muskego,
consolidate with New Berlin PD, or go with WCe. Chief Johnson has formed a
committee that is working on this.
. The Department is involved in the hiring process for two open positions for
Clerical/Telecommunicator. One position is open mid-August and the other
position will be open later this year.
. Officer Gary Leon is the new Community Resource Officer and the open position
for Police School Liaison Officer is posted.
OLD BUSINESS:
Nothing
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NEW BUSINESS:
. Election of officers was held. Commission Lehman made a motion for Robert
Rammer to hold the position of President and Commissioner Gleason seconded.
Motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Treba made a motion that Lewis
Lehman hold the position of Secretary. Commissioner Rammer seconded and
motion carried unanimously.
. Chief Johnson asked that the Commission entertain a different hiring process for
the position of officer. The Department is short one officer and due to two
officers on lengthy leave of absences, and no longer having an eligibility list,
Chief asked if the Department could open the process to current and previous
police recruit classes at WCTC. After a lengthy discussion Commissioner
Lehman made a motion that the Commission authorize the Department to create
an eligibility list for the current open position of police officer from students in
the immediate and previous classes at WCTC Police Recruit Training Academy.
Commisioner Treba seconded and motion carried unanimously. The Commission
wants to discuss the eligibility list process at the October meeting.
COMMUNICA nONS AND OTHER MATTERS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW:
Nothing
The next meeting of the Muskego Police & Fire Commission will be held on Thursday,
October 20,2005.
Commissioner Lehman moved the meeting be adjourned. Commissioner Gleason
seconded and motion carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 9:00PM.
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