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Commissioner Settle inquired about the officer that is currently in FTO. Chief Buckner advised that it was Officer Ballard. Commissioner Settle also inquired about how many officers was the department short and Chief Buckner replied that with the hiring of the three officers he would be fully staffed until January. Chief Buckner advised the Police Commission that had received three new vehicles to add to the fleet. He advised that he received one Chevrolet Tahoe and two Chevrolet Silverados. He was going to need additional appropriations to purchase the other three vehicles that were ready to be picked up. Chief Buckner added that they will be picking the vehicles up next week. Again, he received one Chevrolet Tahoe and two Chevrolet Silverados. He asked for three Tahoes and received two. The Silverados were less expensive than the Tahoes. Chief Buckner advised that he has five vehicles that are ready to go to the auction. Commissioner Hobbick asked if the department had any reserve officers. Chief Buckner advisee that he had four reserve officers. Scott Hamilton, who has been with the department a long time. Gracie Eveland, who is currently working with Detective McDaniel in the property room. Chad Oldham, who came from Monrovia PD and has worked with the MCSD in the past. Brock Chipman, who was no longer a full-time officer but wanted to stay on as a reserve. Attorney Braun stated that he would like to make a comment about reserve matters. He advised that more departments were seeing less people interested in being a reserve officer. It is becoming a trend. Attorney Braun also asked Chief Buckner about the lateral transfer, the department from which she had come. Chief Buckner advised that it was Zionsville, but because she missed the 180 -day separation cutoff then she had to do the entire process again. Commissioner Settle asked how long that was going to take to get her approved. Chief Buckner stated that she had finished everything, and he just needed to get the local pension board's approval. He was hoping that he would get the results from the firefighter so he could present them both to the board and just have one meeting. Chief Buckner advised that the next class at the ILEA was full, but they would be able to get them in at the first of the year. The physical agility test to get into the academy is December 181h No new business from the attorney Commissioner Hobbick asked Attorney Braun about any new laws that had taken effect. Braun stated that he has been reviewing them and he does not see anything that would squarely affect this commission. No public comments.