Fairfield approves eight-person police hiring list and authorizes command staff to hire from it

At a meeting in Fairfield, officials approved an eight-person eligibility list for police department hires and authorized police command staff to fill vacancies from that list for the next 12 months or until the list is exhausted.

The action followed an executive session that the presiding official opened earlier; the meeting record states no votes were taken during that executive session and that the session concluded at 7:57 p.m. After returning to open session, the presiding official moved to adopt the hiring list, Commissioner Pine seconded the motion, and the motion “carried unanimously,” according to the meeting transcript.

The adopted eligibility list contains the following names: Tyler Paytack; Scott Christie; William Hunting; Matthew Minozzi; Devlin Delarosa; Zachary Colangelo; Antonio Myers; and Joseph Fortunato. The motion specified the list would be used for hires “for the next 12 months or until the list is exhausted.”

After approving the list, the presiding official moved to further authorize the police department’s command staff to fill vacancies as they arise from that list “to the qualified candidates in the sending order” (transcript wording). Commissioner Lebo seconded that motion; the meeting record shows the vote carried.

The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn, seconded by Commissioner Blanco.

No discussion of the candidates’ qualifications or names of commissioners voting yes, no, or abstaining was recorded in the transcript beyond the board’s statement that the motions carried unanimously.