Board of Fire and Police Commissioners — Skokie, IL
Date: 2025-07-21

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 SKOKIE BOARD OF FIRE & POLICE COMMISSIONERS

 AGENDA

 Regular Meeting
 6:00 p.m. Monday, July 21, 2025

 Skokie Village Hall - 2nd Floor
 Conference Rooms D & E

 I. Opening
 A. Call to Order and Roll Call
 B, Approval of Minutes of June 16, 2025, Regular Meeting

 II. Communications
 A. Memorandum from Chief Hoeflich announcing the resignation of Firefighter Zane McCartney;
 B. Memorandum from Chief Hoeflich recommending the permanent appointment of Probationary
 Firefighter Michael Hernandez to the rank of Firefighter;
 C. Memorandum from Village Manager John Lockerby announcing the retirement of Fire Chief
 Jeffrey Hoeflich

 III. Unfinished Business
 A. Fire Lieutenant Promotional Process


 IV. New Business
 A. None


 V. Executive Session
 A. Section 2, Paragraph c. 1 of the State of Illinois Open Meetings Act, a closed session is
 requested and to adjourn therefrom.


 VI. Closing
 A. Next regular meeting: Monday, August 18, 2025.


 Note: Two Firefighters, one Fire Lieutenant, and one Police Sergeant, will be sworn in at
 the Village Board meeting. Commissioner Nicole Potthast will have the honor of
 performing the swearing-in duties.

 Members of the public who wish to comment as to an item on the published agenda must submit their
 statement or question in writing to Debra Stinson at debra.stinson@skokie.org, and all properly submitted
 statements or questions will be presented and read during the relevant portion of the meeting. Written
 comments also may be submitted by email to citizencomments@skokie.org by mail to Village of Skokie,
 Attn: Debra Stinson, 5127 Oakton Street. Skokie, Illinois, 60077; or via the Village's drop box located by the
 pubfio entry to V/Hago HQ({.
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5127 Oakton Street, Skokie, IL 60077
 847-673-0500

 www.skokie.org




 SKOKIE BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS

 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING

 July 21, 2025

 PRESENT:
 Board Chair Willard Evans
 Vice Chair Helene Levine
 Commissioner Nicole Potthast
 Commissioner Bruce Rottner
 Commissioner Ferdinand Soco


 ALSO PRESENT: Debra Stinson, Board Secretary
 Jeffrey Hoeflich, Fire Chief
 Jesse Barnes, Police Chief
 Nicholas Eschner, Deputy Fire Chief

 The meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m. by Board Chair Willard Evans. As
 there were no corrections to the June 16, 2025 meeting minutes, Commissioner
 Bruce Rottner made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Nicole Potthast, to
 approve the minutes.

 One citizen joined the meeting for Public Comments where he extended
 congratulations to the Fire Chief Designate, Nicholas Eschner, and expressed
 interest in meeting with the Police Department regarding traffic flow around schools
 along with discussions relative to bussing rules and regulations.

 Memoranda presented by Fire Chief Jeffrey Hoeflich announcing the resignation of
 Firefighter Zane McCartney with six months of completed service; along with a
 recommendation for the permanent appointment of Firefighter Michael Hernandez
 effective June 17, 2025 after having successfully completed all minimum standards
 testing and meeting all qualifications required of a probationary firefighter. A written
 message from Village Manager John Lockerby was also presented announcing the
 retirement of Fire Chief Jeffrey Hoeflich after having served 39 years with the Skokie
 Fire Department. The Board expressed gratitude for their service and extended well
 wishes to each of them.

 The Fire Lieutenant Promotional Process launched June 6, 2025 and 21 Firefighters
 expressed interest in upward mobility. The next steps include the Assessment
 Center scheduled for August 26 and 27, 2025, followed by the Promotability


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 Potential Evaluation, and the BFPC Interviews scheduled for the third week of
 September, 2025. Commissioners Willard Evans, Nicole Potthast and Bruce Rottner
 will conduct the promotional interviews.

 With no further business on the agenda, at 6:19 p.m. Board Chair Evans made a
 motion to move into Executive Session, seconded by Commissioner Bruce Rottner.
 The next regular Commission meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 18, 2025.




 Respectfully submitted,

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 Debra W. Stinson, Board Secretary
 Board of Fire and Police Commissioners


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