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PFC 12062022 packetCITY OF MUSKEGO POLICE AND FIRE COMMISSION AGENDA 12/06/2022 6:00 PM Muskego City Hall, Meeting Rm. 2, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes from 10/20/22 pfcm 10202022. pdf PUBLIC APPEARANCE REPORT FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS Approval of Captain Promotion MOTION OF CLOSED SESSION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Police & Fire Commission of the City of Muskego will convene upon passage of the proper motion into closed session pursuant to State Statute, Section 19.85 (1) (C ): Considering employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental bod has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility for the specific of considering employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data, more specifically for the purpose of discussing specific personnel issues within the police department. CLOSED SESSION DATE OF NEXT MEETING February 16, 2023 ADJOURNMENT NOTICE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MEMBERS OF AND POSSIBLY A QUORUM OF MEMBERS OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY MAY BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE ABOVE -STATED MEETING TO GATHER INFORMATION; NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL BODY AT THE ABOVE -STATED MEETING OTHER THAN THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO ABOVE IN THIS NOTICE. ALSO, UPON REASONABLE NOTICE, EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH APPROPRIATE AIDS AND SERVICES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO REQUEST THIS SERVICE, CONTACT MUSKEGO CITY HALL, (262) 679-4100. Unapproved CITY OF MUSKEGO POLICE AND FIRE COMMISSION MINUTES October 20, 2022 Lifi CcMusks 511��0 Muskego City Hall Meeting Room 2, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order at 6:01 PM by Commissioner Kuspa. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL Commissioners Whittow, Kuspa, Jaske, Boyer and Hauboldt were present. Chief Westphal was also present. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE Posted 10/18/22. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Boyer made a motion to approve the minutes from the 07/21/22 meeting. Commissioner Jaske seconded. Motion passed all in favor. PUBLIC APPEARANCE REPORT FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT Chief Westphal advised that the police department had an increased presence at the high school today, as there were some swatting calls at some local high schools and we wanted to make sure our protocols were in place and ready to work with the school staff in case we were affected. Chief advised Paul Neumann is our newest officer. He is coming with 2 years of experience from Kenosha County Sheriff's Department and will be starting on 10/31/22. Neumann will be replacing Captain Simuncak's position when he retires in December. This is the first time in 17 years that we have been able to get someone on started prior to a vacancy. Chief is hoping to keep a running list so we continue to have prospected employees in the case of an unexpected vacancy. Captain Simuncak's last day will be 12/23/22. At this point there is no official retirement program per his request. Bradley Brinker, suspect from an incident back in August of 2021, pled to two counts of attempted first degree homicide, with two of our officers being victim. Sentencing will be in December; the two officers have the opportunity to speak at the sentencing. Chief advised that he will be there, and will speak to the judge on the department's behalf. The current budget process has been challenging. There are many factors however, Chief is working hard at trying to get an increase in pay for our dispatchers as well as the non - represented sworn. Currently there are some supervisors who are making less than represented sworn due to the step process that is in place. Chief advised he had a staff meeting on 10/11/22 and there was great discussion on several goals that he set that have not been met. He advised that he takes the blame for not holding his supervisors accountable, and has challenged them to making the expectations clearer to their staff. Some of the goals that need work are EMDQ, OT numbers and traffic enforcement. The department received a 25K grant for body cameras and signed a contract with Axon for 10 year program for body/squad cameras and evidence.com. Chief and staff are all looking forward to this. SRO Lange applied for and received a 21 K grant for Critical Response Group. It is an app feature that officers can get on their phones to download maps of the schools in the event of a critical incident. OLD BUSINESS Policy Change Regarding Meeting Calendar Dates — Discussion was had at the July meeting to change the months of the meetings to the third Thursday of February, May, August and November. Commissioner Boyer made a motion to approve the change. Commissioner Hauboldt seconded. 4 in favor, 1 opposed. Motion passed. Policy Change Regarding Election of Officers — Discussion was had at the July meeting to change the election of board members on the PFC to the May meeting. Commissioner Boyer made a motion to approve the change. Commissioner Hauboldt seconded. 4 in favor, 1 opposed. Motion passed. Policy Regarding the Convening of a Special Meeting in the Event of Resignation or Incapacitation - Discussion was had at the July meeting to create a policy in the event a board member resigns, becomes incapacitated or deceased prior to his/her term on the board, that a special meeting be called to replace them. Lisa spoke with City Attorney Warchol and the below language was drafted. 10/20/22: Election of Officers In the event a board member resigns or becomes incapacitated, or deceased such that the member is unable to carry out his/her duties as a member of the board, a special meeting may be called for the replacement of said member upon proper notice in accordance with Wisconsin State Statutes. After a brief discussion Commissioner Boyer made a motion to approve the policy, with a change of "may" be called to "shall" be called. Commissioner Haubolt seconded. 4 in favor, 1 opposed. Motion passed. Lisa will return the change to City Attorney Warchol and it will be brought back at the next meeting with the correction if approved by the City Attorney. See below change. 10/20/22: Election of Officers In the event a board member resigns or becomes incapacitated, or deceased such that the member is unable to carry out his/her duties as a member of the board, a special meeting shall be called for the replacement of said member upon proper notice in accordance with Wisconsin State Statutes. NEW BUSINESS Amendment of Policy Dated 10/10/91 Regarding Commission Policies Effective Date. Below highlighted changes were suggested to clarify the policy. 10/20/22: Commission Policies Effective Date Amending the policy dated 10/10/91. In the future, all policies initiated by the Muskego Police & Fire Commission will be proposed and read at one meeting and at the next meeting of the commission they will be read for a second time, and voted upon after which the policy will be adopted if carried by a majority of the commission. Commissioner Boyer made a motion to approve the amendment, however requested removing "In the future". The policy would then read. 10/20/22: Commission Policies Effective Date Amending the policy dated 10/10/91. All policies initiated by the Muskego Police & Fire Commission will be proposed and read at one meeting and at the next meeting of the commission they will be read for a second time, and voted upon after which the policy will be adopted if carried by a majority of the commission. Commissioner Hauboldt seconded. All in favor. Training — Chief advised that he has been tasked with getting the commissioners some formal training so they have a better understanding of their roles as Police and Fire Commissioners. All agreed that short training sessions at future meetings will benefit them. New books will be also be ordered from the League of Municipalities for each member. Sergeant Promotion — Chief requested the commission's recommendation to approve Zachary Patterson as the next Sergeant, starting 01/02/2023. This is because of movement that will be coming when the next Captain is promoted. Commissioner Whittow made a motion to approve Patterson. Commissioner Boyer seconded. All in favor. Captain Hiring — Chief explained the upcoming process that is being led by HR Director, Valley Elliehausen. Valley took on a new job, however will continue to help with the process. This process is something that has never been done before. Chief advised that the first part of the process was a survey conducted by all employees, with 55-60% response. The purpose of the survey is to see what the employees are looking for in a Captain. There will also be an interview panel on November 8th and 9th. Interviews will take place and the top candidates will be recommended to the Chief who will do the final interview. There are five candidates that wrote for the promotion. Chief advised he is looking at naming the new Captain the first week of December, so that person can train with Captain Simuncak for 3 weeks. Chief advised there will need to be a meeting of the PFC to approve his selection. DATE OF NEXT MEETING November 17, 2022 — Discussion was had, so that there would no be meetings three months in a row. The November meeting will be pushed to December 8, 2022, in order for the commission to approve the Captain promotion. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Boyer made a motion to adjourn, Commissioner Jaske seconded. All in favor. Meeting was adjourned at 6:42PM.