City of Rockford Board of Fire and Police Commissioners met Aug. 12

Aug 12, 2025

Byphilip gonzales

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City of Rockford Board of Fire and Police Commissioners met Aug. 12.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PUBLIC COMMENT

III. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

A. July 8, 2025 (open and closed sessions)

IV. FIRE DEPARTMENT

A. Fire Chief Selection Process – Update and timeline

B. Other Fire Dept. Promotional Processes – Updates and action as needed

i. Lieutenant: Confirm oral interview dates in October (8, 9, 13 and 14?)

C. Firefighter Testing – Update and action if needed

i. Removal of applicant(s) from existing eligibility list

D. Probationary Firefighter – Probation Extension Request

V. POLICE DEPARTMENT

A. Police Officer Testing: Update and action if needed

i. Oral interview dates: August 25, 26 and 28

ii. Removal of applicant(s) from existing eligibility list

B. Promotional Testing: Update and action if needed

C. Probation Extensions (action if needed)

D. Review of Police Officer applications (closed session)

VI. ADJOURNMENT

http://rockfordcityil.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=4215&Inline=True

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