* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:07:21] DO [00:07:21] I HAVE A SECOND? [5. Consider Motion to Review / Accept Test Results] I SECOND. SECOND BY MR. LEMON. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. AYE. OPPOSED NAY. AND WE HAVE ONE FOR, WELL SEE NOW WE HAVE SOME FOR POLICE, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION. SPECIAL. WHICH ONE DO YOU HAVE, JOHN? UH, THIS IS THE POLICE CADET. POLICE CADET. OKAY. I GUESS WE GOT 'EM ALL THEN. TECHNICIAN ONE. SPECIALIST ONE. AND CADET. WHEN I DID MY MOTION, I CALLED FOR ALL THREE OF 'EM. MM-HMM. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, [6. Consider Motion to Call for Examinations In the Baton Rouge Police Department] AGENDA ITEM SIX. CONSIDER A MOTION TO CALL FOR EXAMINATION IN THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR POLICE C, DEATH POLICE, CRIMINAL INFORMATION SPECIALIST ONE. POLICE FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN TWO. MOTION IS AN AUDIT. I MOVE TO CALL FOR THE EXAMINATIONS FOR POLICE, CADET POLICE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SPECIALIST ONE AND POLICE FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN TWO WITH THE BATON ROUGE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. THOMAS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND BY MR. LEMON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE MOTION IS BARR. AGENDA [7. Consider Motion to Disqualify Applicant from the Police Captain examination from the posting period dates of 03-27-2025 - 04-16-2025. Applicant did not meet the two-year requirement of being in the position of Police Lieutenant two (2) years preceding the application to the board. The applicant was promoted to a probational Police Lieutenant on the 05/20/2023, however the posting for the exam began on 03/27/2025.] ITEM SEVEN. CONSIDER A MOTION TO DISQUALIFY APPLICANT FROM THE POLICE CAPTAIN'S EXAMINATION FROM THE POSTING PERIOD DATES OF 3 27 25 THROUGH 4 15 25. APPLICANT DID NOT MEET THE TWO YEAR REQUIREMENT OF BEING IN THE POSITION OF POLICE LIEUTENANT TWO YEARS PROCEEDING THE APPLICATION TO THE BOARD. DO I HAVE A, I MOVE TO DISQUALIFY THAT CANDIDATE. MR. THOMAS MOVE DISQUALIFICATION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND BY MR. LEMON. ALL IN FAVOR OF DISQUALIFICATION, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA [8. Correction of April 28, 2025, Agenda is Required] ITEM EIGHT. THERE'S A CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TO OUR APRIL 28TH 25 AGENDA. UH, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST, UH, EVERYONE FULLY LISTED [00:10:01] HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CHIEF SHOULD HAVE BEEN LISTED INSTEAD OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OFFICER ON ITEM FIVE OF THE AGENDA. SO IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION, I MAKE A MOTION TO MR. LEMON TO CHANGE THE AGENDA. MOVE THAT WE CORRECT THE APRIL 28TH, 25 MINUTES TO SHOW HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CHIEF INSTEAD OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OFFICER TO HAVE A SECOND. I SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. THOMAS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSES NAY. MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM NINE. [9. Consider Motion to Grand Request from Michael J. Kimble, Fire Chief, to rehire former firefighters] CONSIDER MOTION TO GRANT REQUESTS FROM UH, MICHAEL J KIMBLE. FIGHT CHIEF TO REHIRE FORMER FIVE FIGHTERS. ELI BRINA. JASON ROYAL. I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO REHIRE JASON ROYAL, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE OFF ELI BRINA. OKAY. SO, UH, MAYBE WE SHOULD DO TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS. LET'S DO TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS. ONE TO APPROVE ROYAL AND THEN ONE TO, UM, TAKE OFF AT ELI BRINA. SAY AGAIN CHIEF, I HAD SPOKE TO MR. LEMAN EARLIER. UM, THE REASON WE WANT TO TAKE ELI BRINA OFF, UH, ELI BRINA WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE DID NOT COMPLETE HIS WORK IN TEST PERIOD. SO HE WAS NOT A CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE. SO WHEN HE RESIGNED, SO THAT'S WHY WE CANNOT DO THE REHIRE TO DO A PAF THIS WAY IS WHAT THE STATE EXAMINER REACHED OUT THIS MORNING AND TOLD ME HE'S STILL GONNA BE HIRED JUST GOING THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS. OKAY. BUT JASON ROYAL IS 100% A GOOD EMPLOYEE, WANTS TO COME BACK TO THE BATARD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE WELCOME HIM BACK. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO UH, ACCEPT UH, KEITH TRIMBLE'S REQUEST TO REHIRE JASON ROYAL. AND DID I GET A SECOND? I SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. THOMAS. ALL THIS IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSES NAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THEN YOU SECOND MOTION. MR. LEMON. I MAKE MOTION TO NOT APPROVE ELI BRINA APPLICATION. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION TO NOT APPROVE ELI BRINA. I SECOND. SECOND BY MR. THOMAS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. POSES NAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES AS WELL. [10. Consider Motion to Adopt Resolution 001, regarding Executive Session.] AGENDA ITEM 10, CONSIDER MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION ONE REGARDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT IS A CARRYOVER FROM OUR LAST MEETING. AS YOU REMEMBER, OUR ATTORNEY, MR. DARA PRESENTED UH, A RESOLUTION TO US REGARDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. WE WANTED TIME TO PERUSE IT AND TO THINK ABOUT IT. AND SO NOW IT'S BACK BEFORE US. AND WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE MR. CHAIR? WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE IT UP, BUT BEING MR. DARA AND MR. RICKS ARE NOT HERE, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO MAYBE PUSH IT TO THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN BE PRESENT FOR THAT OR I'LL DEFER, I'LL DEFER TO THE CHAIR. I DID SPEAK WITH MR. DARA ABOUT IT AND HE SAYS THAT UM, HE WISHED THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT. OKAY. THAT IT WAS FINE WITH HIM AS LONG AS WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH IT. OKAY. PERSONALLY, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT I OBJECTED TO. NOW THAT DID I UM, IF YOU GENTLEMEN DID NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS THEN I THINK WE OUGHT TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT THEN. MR. CHAIR. I WILL. SO MOVE. CAN MOVE BY MR. ATTORNEY NEWVILLE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION ON AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND BY MR. THOMAS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. AYE. OPPOSES NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. [11. Consider Motion to Acknowledge and Accept Officer Reineke's Withdrawal of His Disciplinary Appeal.] CONSIDER MOTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT OFFICER RENICK'S WITHDRAWAL OF HIS DISCIPLINARY APPEAL THAT WAS SCHEDULED, I THINK FOR TODAY. AND HE'S REQUESTING THAT BE, UM, UM, WITHDRAWN. MR. CHAIR ALSO MOVE. OKAY. MOVE BY ATTORNEY. UH, NEWVILLE THAT WE APPROVE THAT MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND A SECOND. BY MR. THOMAS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIED. AGENDA ITEM [12. Consider Motion to Schedule Appeal of Wade Hill. The appeal was not previously set due to ongoing potential criminal litigation.] 12. CONSIDER A MOTION TO SCHEDULE AN IMPEDED APPEAL FOR WADE WILL WADE HILL. I'M LOOKING RIGHT AT IT AND I'M SAYING FOR WADE HILL. THE APPEAL WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY SET DUE TO ONGOING POTENTIAL CRIMINAL LITIGATION, BUT NOW WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN DO THAT. WHAT'S OUR FIRST DATE, UH, AVAILABILITY FOR? DO WE HAVE SOMETHING SCHEDULED FOR JULY ALREADY? [00:15:02] I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYTHING SCHEDULED FOR JULY. I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK. UM, 'CAUSE THE LAST HEARING WAS GONNA BE SCHEDULED WHEN THEY, WHEN THE ATTORNEYS FIND OUT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING FOR JULY. RIGHT? THEY HAVE NOT TOLD YOU YET? NO. AND NONE OF THE ATTORNEYS ARE HERE, UH, FOR US TO CONSULT WITH. SO WE SHOULD LEAVE IT TO MR. DOWER AND THE ATTORNEYS TO SCHEDULE IT. YEAH. UM, IS THAT, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? I MEAN, DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT TO UH, AND I'M ASKING OPEN-HANDED. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH, WE COULD DO THAT TOO. WELL, SO THEY COULD, UH, SEE, UH, WHAT DATES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR BOTH. OH, EITHER THAT OR WE COULD, UM, YEAH, LEAVE IT TO THEM. SCHEDULE IT, LET US KNOW. BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD LEAVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING. OR, OR LIKE I WAS SAYING, WHAT WHAT I THINK WE COULD DO IS MOVE TO, TO ACCEPT AND SCHEDULE THE APPEAL BUT WAS SIMPLY A LINE ITEM THAT THE ATTORNEYS AND, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING THAT YOU KNOW THE ATTORNEYS WILL COME BACK TO US WITH A DATE. OR WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? OKAY. THEN MR. CHAIR, I WILL MOVE TO SCHEDULE THE APPEAL OF WADE HILL WITH THE ATTORNEYS GETTING TOGETHER BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING TO PROVIDE US AN APPROPRIATE DATE. I HAVE A MOTION. I GET A SECOND. I SECOND A THANK BY MR. THOMAS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. POSES NAY THEN MOTION CARRIES. AND WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THIS, OUR BOARD, I'LL CONSIDER A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I WILL SO MOVE. MOVE BY MR. NEWVILLE. I SECOND BY MR. THOMAS THAT WE ADJOURN. I'M NOT GONNA ASK FOR YOU TO VOTE. I KNOW IT BE MOVED. , WE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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