City Council Special Meeting Minutes
December 15, 2022
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VALLEJO CITY COUNCIL
ADJOURNED SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
DECEMBER 15, 2022
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, California
1. CALL TO ORDER
The adjourned meeting from December 12, 2022 was called to order at 1:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor McConnell, Vice Mayor Verder-Aliga, Councilmembers Arriola, Brown, Dew, Loera-Diaz, and Miessner (arrived at 1:01 p.m.)
Absent: None
Staff present: City Manager Malone, Chief Assistant City Attorney Risner and City Clerk Abrahamson
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. ACTION CALENDAR
A. INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE ENACTING TITLE 18 OF THE
VALLEJO MUNICIPAL CODE -- POLICE OVERSIGHT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY
Recommendation: Introduce an ordinance to enact Title 18 of the Vallejo Municipal Code to be titled Police Oversight and Accountability and consider adoption at the December 20, 2022 Council meeting.
Contact: Randy J. Risner, Chief Assistant City Attorney [email protected]
Chief Assistant City Attorney Risner reviewed the changes to the Ordinance as requested by Council at its December 12, 2022 special meeting.
Speakers: Jason, Glenda Goode and Allison Mazara (Common Ground), Paul Winders, Avi Frey (ACLU), Andrea Sorce, and Paula M.
Chief Assistant City Attorney Risner addressed concerns raised by the speakers.
Councilmembers provided comment and discussion on revisions to the membership of the Police Oversight Board as proposed by Councilmember Brown.
The meeting recessed at 2:11 p.m. and reconvened at 2:20 p.m.
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Chief Assistant City Attorney Risner restated the revision as requested by Councilmember Brown.
Councilmembers provided additional comments.
Action: Moved by Vice Mayor Verder-Aliga and carried to introduce an ordinance to enact Title 18 of the Vallejo Municipal Code to be titled Police Oversight and Accountability and consider adoption at the December 20, 2022 Council meeting as revised at the request of Councilmember Brown to Section
18.030.020-Membership to state the following: the Commission shall consist of 7 members and 2 alternate members appointed by the mayor and City Council.
Each Councilmember shall appoint a member who is living within that Councilmember’s District. However, if in the opinion of the appointing Councilmember, there are no qualified candidates or in order to fulfill the City’s obligation for diversity set forth in Section 18.030.020C, the councilmember may select a candidate outside of their District. It was noted that all appointments will need to be ratified by the full Council (Noes – Arriola).
5. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 2:28 p.m.
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ROBERT H. MCCONNELL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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DAWN G. ABRAHAMSON
CITY CLERK
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