Mayor & Commission Meetings

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Thursday, September 23, 2021 Committee Members Present: Committee Members Absent: Commissioner Mike Hamby, Committee Chair Commissioner Patrick Davenport Commissioner Tim Denson Commissioner Russell Edwards Commissioner Melissa Link Staff: Josh Edwards, Assistant Manager Harrison Daniel, Deputy Chief Sherrie Hines, Chief Assistant Attorney Austin Jackson, Assistant Attorney Andrew Saunders, Central Services Director Committee Chair Hamby called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. A. Approval of Minutes: Commissioner Link made the motion to approve the Minutes of the September 2, 2021 meeting. Commissioner Edwards seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. B. Commission Identified Items of Interest: Review recommendations of Community Police Advisory Board Development Task Force (Mayor Girtz assigned to GOC on January 6, 2021) Sherrie Hines reviewed the draft ordinance. Commissioner Denson requested that the Corrections Department and Sheriff’s Department be included in the ordinance. Commissioner Link requested that the Sheriff or their designee, and a Commissioner be included as ex-officio members of the Board. After a period of discussion, the Committee asked Sherrie to add the Sheriff or their designee, the Director of Corrections or their designee, and a Commissioner as ex-officio members to the Board. The Committee also asked Sherrie to change the name of the Board to Public Safety Civilian Oversight Board and to make it clear that both the Board and the Auditor/Monitor report to the Mayor and Commission. The Committee discussed a stipend for Board members and decided on $25 for each regular meeting. Commissioner Edwards made the motion to approve the ordinance with requested revisions and forward to the full Mayor and Commission for adoption. Commissioner Link seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. Consideration of Extension of the Parklet Program (Mayor Girtz assigned to GOC on April 6, 2021)  Andrew Saunders gave a brief history of the Parklet program. He said that he will need GOC members’ feedback on the ten questions that were emailed to the Committee last week. Commissioner Hamby requested that Josh resend the Parklet questions document to the Committee members. The Committee members will email questions and thoughts to Josh and Andrew before the next GOC meeting. This topic will be discussed at the October meeting. The meeting adjourned at 5:39 p.m. Government Operations Committee Meeting Minutes Page 2 09232021