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1 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE PO LICE COMMISSION
SELECTION PANEL’S NOMINATION OF CHARLIE EDDY TO SERVE A
FIVE -YEAR TERM ON THE SELECTION PANEL
WHEREAS, On November 8, 2016, Oakland voters approved Measure LL – establishing a Police Commission with 83.19% (137,032 votes) in favor of the measure; and
WHEREAS, Measure LL established City Charter Section 604 which created a seven - member Police Commission to oversee the Oakland Police Department’s policies and procedures and the Community Police Review Agency that investigates police misconduct and recommends discipline; and
WHEREAS, City Charter Section 604(c)(3) established a nine-member Selection Panel to solicit, review and interview applicants for four regular members and one alternate member to the Police Commission; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to City Cha rter Section 604(c)(d) each year the Mayor and each Councilmember may replace their assigned person on the Selection Panel . Selection Panel members may serve up to five (5) years. Upon a vacancy on the Selection Panel, the Councilmember who appointed the Selection Panel member shall appoint a replacement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to City Charter Section 604(c)(d) if the appointing authority does not appoint the replacement within one hundred and twenty days of the date of resignation, removal or expiration of the Selection Panel members term, the Selection Panel, by a two -thirds vote of those present but of a vote of no fewer than five (5) Selection Panel members, shall choose a replacement for the vacancy. All such replacements must be confirmed by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to City Charter Section 604(c)( d) the Selection Panel must submit its slate of nominees for the Selection Panel to the City Council for its approval; and
WHEREAS, on April 18, 2023, the District 3 representative resigned from the Selection Panel thereby creating a vacancy on the Selection Panel; and
WHEREAS, the Selection Panel met on June 24, 2024, and selected Charlie Eddy through a unanimous vote to serve on the Selection Panel in the District 3 seat with the term set to expire on July 16, 2029; and
WHEREAS, Section 604(c)(3) of the City Charter provides that the City Council shall accept or reject the Selection Panel appointments; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That pursuant to City Charter Sections 604(c)( d), the City Council accepts the Selection Panel nomination of Charlie Eddy to the Police Commission Selection Panel as a Panelist.
Charlie Eddy For a Term set to expire on July 16, 2029
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California