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MINUTES - April 25, 2000
CALL TO ORDER Chair J. Watson called the meeting to order at 7:00
P.M.
ATTENDANCE Board members present: P. Farrant, J. Stratton and J.
Watson. Board members absent: L. Cohen and P.
Hoffey. Staff present: Legal Counsel C. Pugh and PCRB
Assistant $. Bauer. Captain T. Widmer was also in
attendance.
CONSENT
CALENDAR Motion by J. Stratton and seconded by P, Farrant to
adopt the Consent Calendar, to include:
a. Minutes 4/11/00 meeting
Motion carried, 3/0, Hoffey and Cohen absent.
RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL None
NEW BUSINESS None
OLD BUSINESS None .~
PUBLIC DISCUSSION None
MEETING WITH
CITY COUNCIL (L. Cohen present at 7:09 P.M.)
Chair Watson distributed a working document outlining
the issues for discussion at the joint meeting with the
City Council on May 1. The agenda for the meeting was
discussed and agreed upon, to include:
(1) PCRB Responsibilities
(2) Progress Report
(3) Issues/Concerns
The agenda, together with a narrative addressing the
Board's Issues/Concerns, will be provided to the Council
in their packets of April 27.
MEETING SCHEDULE
· Joint Meeting with City Council, May 1, 2000
· Regular Meeting May 9, 2000
· Special Meeting May 23, 2000
Regular Meeting June 13, 2000
BOARD
INFORMATION J. Watson - spoke with Mayor Lehman about the joint
meeting. He also spoke with a Daily Iowan reporter
following an incident with the police dog.
T. Widmer advised that the General Order was changed
to state that anytime that the police dog is outside the
control of his master, he is to be muzzled.
STAFF
INFORMATION None
EXECUTIVE
SESSION Motion by L. Cohen and seconded by J. Stratton to
adjourn into Executive Session based on Section 21.5
(1)(a) of the Code of Iowa to review or discuss records
which are required or authorized by state or federal law
to be kept confidential or to be kept confidential as a
condition for that government body's possession or
continued receipt of federal funds, and 22.7(11) personal
information in confidential personnel records of public
bodies including but not limited to cities, boards of
supervisors and school districts, and 22.7(5) police
officer investigative reports, except where disclosure is
authorized elsewhere in the Code; and 22.7(18)
Communications not required by law, rule or procedure
that are made to a government body or to any of its
employees by identified persons outside of government,
to the extent that the government body receiving those
communications from such persons outside of
government could reasonably believe that those persons
would be disoouraged from making them to that
government body if they were available for general public
examination. Motion carried, 4/0, Hoffey absent. Open
session adjourned at 7:38 P.M.
REGULAR
SESSION Regular meeting resumed at 9:20 P.M.
Motion by L. Cohen and seconded by P, Farrant to review
the Chief's Report on PCRB Complaint//99-09 at level 8-
8-7 B.1 (e), performance by Board of its own additional
investigation, in accordance with the Ordinance. Motion
carried, 4/0, Hoffey absent.
Motion by J. Stratton and seconded by P. Farrant to
review the Chief's Report on PCRB Complaint #99-10 at
level 8-8-7 Bo 1 (a), on the record with no additional
investigation, in accordance with the Ordinance. Motion
carried, 4/0, Hoffey absent.
Legal counsel was directed to write a letter to the Chief
for the Chair's signature regarding PCRB Complaint #99-
08.
Legal counsel was directed to write a letter to police staff
regarding transcripts in PCRB Complaint #99-09.
ADJOURNMENT Motion for adjournment by J. Stratton and seconded by
L. Cohen. Motion carried, 4/0, Hoffey absent. Meeting
adjourned at 9:25 P.M.