Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Personnel Police Hiring topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Union City council declines to hire recommended police candidate after motion lacks second
Summary
The council allowed a motion to hire full-time officer candidate Kenneth Fye to die for lack of a second at the July 9 meeting; the police chief had recommended Fye after civil service testing and background checks. Council will revisit the hire at a future meeting.
A motion to hire candidate Kenneth Fye as a full-time Union City police officer died for lack of a second at the Borough Council’s July 9 meeting.
Police Chief David Pernice told council that Fye passed civil service testing and background checks and that the Civil Service Commission had provided a certified list with a single qualified candidate. The Civil Service Commission recommended hiring Fye. Councilor Steadman moved to hire him, but the motion did not receive a second and therefore failed. The minutes record that Chief Pernice asked why the motion died but received no reason; council plans to revisit the matter at a future meeting.
No formal vote tally was recorded in the minutes because the motion failed for procedural reasons. The council did not provide public comment on the reasons for withholding a second during the meeting minutes. The chief indicated he was uncertain what to tell the applicant.
