Question on PERF

[sjc1526]

I started a hiring process in Jan 09 with a local northwest Indiana police dept. I have successfully passed all portions of the process and was offered a "conditional offer of employment." I took my physical/psych test on August 20th in Indianapolis. I have been keeping up with the merit board via watching their meeting online and they stated that they had recieved our results and the Pension board would be meeting and once approved they would send it down for final approval. My question is this what is this final approval they are speaking of and when does this panel meet for the final approval. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Geez these are long processes.