Public Safety Committee approves March minutes, defers civil service item

The Public Safety Committee unanimously approved its March meeting minutes and the chair announced that agenda item C, concerning civil service and academy changes, will be held until the newly appointed police chief has had time to evaluate the academy and recommend adjustments.

The vote to approve the minutes was introduced and seconded without amendment; the chair declared, “Motion carries unanimously.” Later in the meeting the chair said the new police chief was appointed and that item C would be postponed so the chief “can evaluate the academy and the changes and be able to make recommendations or adjustments to that proposal.” The chair described the postponement as intended to allow the chief time to review before the committee acts.

No roll-call vote with individual names was recorded in the transcript; the meeting record indicates the motion to approve passed by voice vote and the item C postponement was announced by the chair as a procedural deferral rather than a formal, recorded vote.