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Police and Fire Commission advances semi-final review of fire chief applicants
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Summary
At a special April 16 meeting the Police and Fire Commission reviewed 28 applications for the fire chief vacancy, moved into closed session under Wisconsin statute to consider candidates, and approved continuing semi-final interviews while withholding candidate names until finalists are selected.
The Police and Fire Commission convened a special meeting on April 16 to review applications for the fire chief position and moved into closed session to evaluate candidates, the chair said.
The chair opened the meeting, took roll call and said Commissioners Sherman and Goldhong were present in person, Commissioner Cobb joined by Zoom, and Commissioners Dort and Laus were excused. The chair said the agenda was approved by general consent and noted the single item for consideration was review of fire chief applications.
Citing Wisconsin Statutes section 19.85(1)(c) and (f), which permit closed sessions to consider employment and performance-evaluation records, the chair asked for a motion to go into closed session. "Motion to close session," the record shows; Commissioner Sherman moved and Commissioner Cobb seconded. The chair announced the commission entered closed session after a voice vote.
The chair reported that, while in closed session, the commission "reviewed 28 applications for the, fire chief position," discussed each application, eliminated some candidates and "identified ones that we want to obtain more information on via Zoom interviews," describing the current stage as a semi-final process. The chair said the commission would not disclose names or locations of candidates until finalists were selected.
The chair then asked for a motion to approve the closed-session report; the meeting record shows a motion and second were made and the report was approved by unanimous voice vote. The chair closed the meeting by general consent.
The commission did not record candidate names or the identities of the members who moved and seconded the second motion in the public record. The next procedural step the chair described was scheduling Zoom interviews to gather further information on selected applicants.
