Civil Service Board continues multiple appeal and investigation hearings to later dates

The City of Miami Civil Service Board on Oct. 28 granted continuances for multiple appeal and investigation hearings listed on its agenda.

The board voted on motions to continue the appeal hearing for emergency dispatcher Shaquita Johnson; the investigation hearing for Police Lieutenant Wesleyan Louis Francois; and multiple appeal hearings for other officers. Assistant City Attorney Lynette Aguirre and outside counsel requested the continuances in several cases. The board recorded continuances and, where specified, set new hearing dates.

The board approved a continuance for the appeal hearing of emergency dispatcher Shaquita Johnson; the transcript records the hearing rescheduled for Nov. 18, 2025. The board also granted a continuance for the investigation hearing concerning Lieutenant Wesleyan Louis Francois, which the board recorded for Nov. 18, 2025. Several other appeal hearings listed as scheduled for Oct. 28 were also continued; the transcript shows motions and unanimous board votes to continue those matters but does not provide new dates for every case within the public portion of the record.

At the close of the meeting the chair summarized that "all of today's hearings have been continued," indicating the board did not complete the in‑person hearings originally set for Oct. 28.

The continuances were made following requests from attorneys representing involved employees and after the city attorney indicated no objection in at least one case. Specifics about new dates or case‑level scheduling updates appear in the board’s case docket and were named in the board packet for cases continued to Nov. 18.