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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable M or and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Victoria Mendez City Attorney
DATE: June 30, 2014
RE: Proposed Ordinance for City Commission Meeting — July 10, 2014
Amending Chapter 11,5 of the City Code regarding the nomination of
members to the Civilian Investigative Panel
File No, 14-00527
The attached proposed Ordinance for the July 10, 2014 City Commission meeting was
drafted at your direction for the purposes of amending Section 11.5-28 of the City Code, entitled
"Membership; nomination of members; terms of office and vacancies; appointment of the CIP
nominating committee," to amend the membership, appointment process, and terms of office for
the Civilian Investigative Panel ("CIP") members,
Currently, the CIP is exclusively responsible for nominating members for service on the
CIP. All vacancies in the membership of the CIP are filled by the City Commission, by majority
vote, exclusively from names submitted to it by the. CIP. The City Commission can only appoint
from the list of nominees or reject the nominees; it cannot nominate members of its own accord.
For various reasons, the CIP has been either unwilling or unable to timely nominate
persons to fill vacancies on the CIP. As a consequence, the CIP is facing a dire situation where it
will soon be unable to hold meetings because of a lack of membership. If this situation is not
remedied, it is likely that the CIP will not be able to meet for the purposes of nominating new
members to fill the necessary vacancies and as a consequence, the CIP will cease to be
functional.
This amendment removes the CIP' s exclusive authority to nominate members and places
that authority into the hands of the City Commissioners and the Mayor. This amendment will
place the CIP on the same footing as almost every other board or panel of the City whose
members are nominated by the City Commission. •
It is respectfully requested that the proposed ordinance be adopted.
Attachments)
VM/BM/GIEptpr
c: Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager
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