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Civilian Police Review Board Meeting

Regular Meeting

Urbana, IL · June 23, 2021

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APPROVED MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING _____________________________________________________________________________________ URBANA CIVILIAN POLICE REVIEW BOARD DATE: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 TIME: 5:30 p.m. PLACE: Virtually via Zoom Urbana City Building 400 South Vine Street Urbana, Illinois 61801 _____________________________________________________________________________________ MEMBERS PRESENT: Tony Allegretti, Ricardo Díaz, Katrina Kindle, Anthony Rice, Colum Wilson MEMBERS NOT PRESENT: 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM a. Chair Diaz called this meeting of the Urbana Civilian Police Review Board to order at 5:30 p.m. Roll was taken. A quorum was present. 2. APROVAL OF AGENDA a. Board Members agreed the agenda was acceptable. Community Engagement Coordinator, Lemond Peppers, advised the agenda was an amended agenda. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  Regular Meeting, May 26, 2021 Tony Allegretti made a motion to approve the minutes. Anthony Rice seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a roll call vote. 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION  Public comment was given. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Status of Complaints and Appeals Carol Mitten reported in 2021 there were 5 complaints to date and no new appeals. b. Updates on proposal to City Council participation Process is still ongoing to become a regular item on City Council meetings c. CPRB Annual Report Updates The topic will be revisited from the request of former CPRB Member Scott Dossetts’s final report on complaint numbers. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Closed Session pursuant to Section 2©(1) of the Open Meetings Act to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the City, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the City. Motion made by Katrina Kindle to go into Close Session, the motion was seconded by Colum Wilson. The motion was approved by a roll call vote. Motion made by Colum Wilson to return from Close Session, the motion was seconded by Anthony Rice. The motion was approved by a roll call vote. 7. BOARD INPUT AND COMMUNICATIONS a. Board member comments and announcements Tony Allegretti discussed a past Taser Case in regards to ROBERT’S RULES for the next meeting. Ricardo Diaz discussed CPRB Members participating in RIDE-ALONGS, as well as if the community ever desires the presence of CPRB members at community meetings. b. Two CPRB vacancies still remain Two vacancies remain for the CPRB, however one application has been turned in. 8. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION  A second session of public comment was given. 9. ADJOURNMENT a. With no further business to come before the Board, Chair Diaz called for a motion to adjourn. Katrina Kindle made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. Colum Wilson seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a roll call vote, Ricardo Diaz declared the meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Lemond Peppers Community Engagement Coordinator 2

Agenda

Regular Meeting Civilian Police Review Board l DATE: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 TIME: 5 :30 pm PLACE: *to be held virtually via Zoom, 400 S Vine St., Urbana, IL 61801 AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS a. Regular Meeting, May 26, 2021 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Status of Complaints and Appeals b. Updates on proposal to City Council participation c. CPRB Annual Report Updates 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Closed Session pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Open Meetings Act to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the City, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the City. 7. BOARD INPUT AND COMMUNICATIONS a. Board member comments and announcements b. Two CPRB vacancies still remain c. Next Regular Meeting Date: July 28, 2021 8. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 9. ADJOURNMENT *Due to the Governor Pritzker and Mayoral Emergency Covid-19 Orders, the Urbana City Council Chambers will be not be open to the public during this meeting. Board members will meet remotely using Zoom Webinar. You may watch the meeting on streaming services, or on Urbana Public Television, or attend via Zoom. Here’s the zoom information for next week’s CPRB meeting. You are invited to a Zoom webinar. Persons with disabilities needing special services or accommodations for this meeting should contact the City of Urbana's Americans with Disabilities Coordinator at 384-2466. When: Jun 23, 2021 05:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Topic: Civilian Police Review Board Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89227894934 Or One tap mobile : US: +13126266799,,89227894934# or +13017158592,,89227894934# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 Webinar ID: 892 2789 4934 International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keBV8kPlrr PUBLIC INPUT GUIDELINES The City of Urbana welcomes Public Input during open meetings of the City Council, the City Council’s Committee of the Whole, City Boards and Commissions, and other City-sponsored meetings. Our goal is to foster respect for the meeting process, and respect for all people participating as members of the public body, city staff, and the general public. The City is required to conduct all business during public meetings. The presiding officer is responsible for conducting those meetings in an orderly and efficient manner. Public Input will be taken in the following ways: Zoom Webinar Participant Click on the link listed in the agenda to join the Webinar. You must provide your name and email address in order to join the Webinar. If you wish to speak during Public Input, “raise your hand” and wait to be called on by the meeting host. You must state your first and last name for the meeting record. Participants will be muted except when they are called on to speak; video will remain off for all members of the public when speaking. Telephone Participant Call the phone number listed on the Agenda. Enter the Webinar ID followed by the # key. All callers are muted by default. If you wish to speak, “raise your hand” by pressing *9 once. When you are called on by the host or presiding officer, you will be un-muted. You must state your first name and last name for the meeting record. Email Input Public comments must be received prior to the closing of the meeting record (at the time of adjournment unless otherwise noted) at the following: Xpenn.diaz@gmail.com. The subject line of the email must include the words “PUBLIC INPUT” and the meeting date. Your email will be sent to Ricardo Diaz, CPRB Chairperson. Emailed public comments labeled as such will be incorporated into the public meeting record, with personal identifying information redacted. Copies of emails will be posted after the meeting minutes have been approved. Written Input Any member of the public may submit their comments addressed to the members of the public body in writing. If a person wishes their written comments to be included in the record of Public Input for the meeting, the writing should so state. Written comments must be received prior to the closing of the Persons with disabilities needing special services or accommodations for this meeting should contact the City Clerk of Urbana at (217) 384-2366. meeting record (at the time of adjournment unless otherwise noted). Verbal Input Protocol for Public Input is one of respect for the process of addressing the business of the City. Obscene or profane language, or other conduct that threatens to impede the orderly progress of the business conducted at the meeting is unacceptable. Public comment shall be limited to no more than four (4) minutes per person. The Public Input portion of the meeting shall total no more than one (1) hour, unless otherwise shortened or extended by majority vote of the public body members present. The presiding officer or the city clerk or their designee, shall monitor each speaker's use of time and shall notify the speaker when the allotted time has expired. A person may participate and provide Public Input once during a meeting and may not cede time to another person, or split their time if Public Input is held at two (2) or more different times during a meeting. The presiding officer may give priority to those persons who indicate they wish to speak on an agenda item upon which a vote will be taken. The presiding officer or public body members shall not enter into a dialogue with citizens. Questions from the public body members shall be for clarification purposes only. Public Input shall not be used as a time for problem solving or reacting to comments made but, rather, for hearing citizens for informational purposes only. In order to maintain the efficient and orderly conduct and progress of the public meeting, the presiding officer of the meeting shall have the authority to raise a point of order and provide a verbal warning to a speaker who engages in the conduct or behavior proscribed under “Verbal Input”. Any member of the public body participating in the meeting may also raise a point of order with the presiding officer and request that they provide a verbal warning to a speaker. If the speaker refuses to cease such conduct or behavior after being warned by the presiding officer, the presiding officer shall have the authority to mute the speaker’s microphone and/or video presence at the meeting. The presiding officer will inform the speaker that they may send the remainder of their remarks via e-mail to the public body for inclusion in the meeting record. Accommodation If an accommodation is needed to participate in a City meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at least 48 hours in advance so that special arrangements can be made using one of the following methods: • Phone: 217.384.2366 • Email: CityClerk@urbanaillinois.us Persons with disabilities needing special services or accommodations for this meeting should contact the City Clerk of Urbana at (217) 384-2366.

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