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Rolling Meadows board reviews rules to allow continuous police hiring, expand applicant pool
Summary
City Attorney Melissa Wolf presented draft revisions that would enable continuous police hiring, broaden the applicant pool and give the Board and City administration flexibility; the Council will review the changes in March–April with an anticipated vote in mid-April.
The City of Rolling Meadows Board of Fire & Police Commissioners reviewed proposed revisions to its Rules and Regulations on March 9, 2026 that would change the police hiring process to a continuous recruitment model and expand the pool of eligible applicants. City Attorney Melissa Wolf summarized the main edits and said the revisions are intended to give the Commission flexibility while allowing greater early involvement from City administration.
Wolf told commissioners that, as a home-rule municipality, the City can deviate from State statutory process in some respects, but that City Code currently references State statute and will need to be amended if the Commission and Council adopt the new procedure. She said the draft will be presented to the Committee of the Whole on March 24, 2026 and to the full City Council on April 14, 2026, where a vote is anticipated. If approved, the Board may hold a Special Meeting on April 15 to adopt the updated process.
Deputy Fire Chief Scott Mohr asked about language covering the Fire Department’s initial eligibility list; Wolf agreed to revise the draft to preserve or explicitly adapt that language for fire hiring. Commissioners discussed the changes and asked clarifying questions before asking Human Resources to distribute the revised draft ahead of the April meeting.
What happens next: Attorney Wolf will make additional edits and provide a revised version to Human Resources, which will send it to the Commission. The Committee of the Whole will see the proposal on March 24; the Council will review on April 14, 2026.
