Board of Fire and Police Commissioners — Skokie, IL
Date: 2025-11-17

51 27 Oakton Street, Skokie, IL 60077
 847-673..0500

 www.skokie.o^




 SKOKIE BOARD OF FIRE & POLICE COMMISSIONERS

 AGENDA

 Regular Meeting
 6:00 p.m. Monday, November 17, 2025


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

i. Opening
 A. Ca!l to Order and Roll Call
 B. Approval of Minutes of October 21, 2025, Regular meeting;
 C. Approva! of amended Minutes of August 18, 2025, Regular meeting

IS. Public Comment (3 minutes per person)

!lf. Communications

 A. Memorandum from Chief Eschner announcing the resignation of Probationary Firefighter
 Jacob Karkoszka;
 B, Memorandum from Chief Eschner recommending the permanent appointment of Peter
 Arreguin to the rank of Fire Lieutenant;
 C. Memorandum from Chief Eschner recommending the permanent appointment of Christopher
 Riley to the rank of Fire Lieutenant;
 D, Memorandum from Chief Barnes recommending the permanent appointment of Amanda Levy
 to the rank of Police Officer

iV. Unfinished Business
 A. None


V. New Business
 A. 2026 BFPC meeting schedule

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.

VII. Closing
 A. Next regular meeting: Monday, December 15, 2025.




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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 property 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 near
the public entry to Village Hall.




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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

 November 17, 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
 Nicholas Eschner, Fire Chief
 Jesse Barnes, Police Chief

 The meeting was called to order at 6:04 p.m. by Board Chair Willard Evans. Chair
 Evans read the opening statement in accord with the Open Meetings Act and called
 for public comments. After a five-minute waiting period, there were no comments.


 The October 21, 2025 Regular Meeting minutes were reviewed and approved as
 written. The August 18, 2025 meeting minutes, were approved as amended.

 The Board reviewed a memorandum submitted by Fire Chief Eschner announcing
 the resignation of Probationary Fire Fighter Jacob Karkoszka effective November 5,
 2025. The Board accepted the resignation and wished the best to Mr. Karkoszka.

 The Board reviewed memoranda from Fire Chief Eschner recommending the
 permanent appointment of Peter Arreguin to the rank of Fire Lieutenant and the
 permanent appointment of Christopher Riley to the rank of Fire Lieutenant. The
 Board approved the permanent appointment of Peter Arreguin and Christopher
 Riley, respectively, to the rank of Fire Lieutenant, after having successfully
 completed their one-year probationary period.

 The Board received a memorandum from Police Chief Jesse Barnes recommending
 the permanent appointment of Amanda Levy to the rank of Police Officer. The Board
 approved the permanent appointment of Amanda Levy to the rank of Police Officer
 after having successfully completed the two-year probationary period.

 Police Chief Jesse Barnes stated the Police Entry Level recruitment process is open.
 As a part of the recruitment process, the Police Department is hosting an Open


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Govern men t Finance Officers Association Kndget Award & Certificate ofAcln'evementfoi'ExceHence in Financial Repoi'im'
 House event on Saturday, November 22, 2025 from 11 :00am - 3:00pm at the Police
 Department Headquarters.

 The Board received and reviewed the 2026 BFPC Meeting Schedule and there were
 no questions.

 With no further business on the agenda, at 6:16 p.m. Board Chair Willard Evans made
 a motion to move into Executive Session, seconded by Commissioner Nicole Potthast.
 The next regular Commission meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 15, 2025.

 Respectfully submitted,

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


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