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Board approves multiple fire promotions, hires for police and rules for fire merit-commission election
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Bloomington Board of Public Safety approved a slate of Fire Department promotions, issued conditional offers to a group of police hires and adopted rules for an upcoming fire-merit commission election. All recorded motions passed unanimously.
The Bloomington Board of Public Safety on Feb. 18 approved several personnel actions for the Fire and Police departments and adopted procedures for a secret-ballot election to select members of the fire-department merit commission.
The board voted to promote a group of firefighters to lieutenant and to chauffeur, approved conditional offers of employment for 11 police candidates, and adopted proposed rules and procedures for the merit-commission election. All recorded votes passed by unanimous recorded roll call.
Votes at a glance
- Promotion to lieutenant (effective Feb. 1, 2025): Bill Abram; Austin Brown; Ray Kaze; Brandon Hudson; Devin Owens; Joe Richards; Greg Barr; Jordan Canada; Brian Hollers; Scott Milline; Joe Radonovich; Brett Roarum. Vote: 4–0 (Amerson: Aye; Brinson: Aye; Kitchener: Aye; McKinney: Aye). Outcome: approved.
- Promotion to chauffeur (effective Feb. 1, 2025): James Johnson; Joseph Percy; Scott Scribe; Seth Staggs. Vote: 4–0 (Brinson: Aye; Kitchener: Aye; McKinney: Aye; Amerson: Aye). Outcome: approved.
- Promotion to chauffeur (effective Feb. 20, 2025): Sean Huttonlocker. Vote: 4–0 (Kitchener: Aye; McKinney: Aye; Amerson: Aye; Brinson: Aye). Outcome: approved.
- Promotion to chauffeur (effective upon the next chauffeur opening): Kayla Hamill. Vote: 4–0 (McKinney: Aye; Amerson: Aye; Brinson: Aye; Kitchener: Aye). Outcome: approved.
- Conditional offers of employment for the Police Department (contingent on completion of hiring steps): Jason Shabitz; Tony Thomas; Zachary Hawkins; Matthew Pearson; Andrew Tillett; James Shields; Shelby Megginen; Caleb Brinson; Garrett Day; Jared Bell; Brandon Badola. Vote: 4–0 (Amerson: Yes; Brinson: Yes; Kitchener: Yes; McKinney: Yes). Outcome: approved.
- Adoption of rules and procedures for the election of merit commissioners to the Bloomington Fire Department merit commission (rules specify a secret-ballot process, a noon–5 p.m. voting window, and electronic ballot access for members on duty). Vote: 4–0 (Brinson: Yes; Kitchener: Yes; McKinney: Yes; Amerson: Yes). Outcome: approved.
What the board recorded
Board roll calls during the meeting show four board members voting on these motions: Amerson, Brinson, Kitchener and McKinney. The meeting transcript records the motions, seconds and unanimous roll-call approvals for each item; no board member recorded a nay or abstention on the motions listed above.
Implementation notes
The conditional police offers are contingent on completion of the remaining steps in the department hiring process. The merit-commission rules adopted by the board set a secret-ballot process limited to fire-department members, with a specified chair and a vice chair (vice chair identified in the meeting as Max Litwin) to oversee ballot counting after the voting window closes.
No board action at this meeting amended salaries or adopted a new collective-bargaining agreement; board members discussed the need to review compensation comparisons later in the year but did not take action.
