Boone swears in new officer; council approves sale of surplus ammunition and permits downtown trunk-or-treat street closure

The council opened public business by administering the oath of office to a newly hired police officer identified in the meeting as Kale Nave. The swearing-in was conducted on the record and followed by brief welcoming remarks from staff.

Later in the meeting the police chief asked council permission to sell surplus ammunition from the department’s inventory to other law-enforcement agencies. The chief said officers had standardized on one caliber and the department had older ammunition that had not been used in about two years; selling it to other police departments would keep the ammunition within law-enforcement use. Council approved the authorization by roll-call vote.

The council also approved a street closure request for downtown’s annual trunk-or-treat event (Story Street, Sixth to Ninth Street) and set the event details as requested by the Public Safety and Transportation committee.

Why it matters: The swearing-in adds personnel capacity to the police department; authorizing the sale of surplus ammunition allows the department to dispose of obsolete inventory while keeping it within law-enforcement channels; approving the trunk-or-treat street closure enables an organized, city-sanctioned community event.

Provenance: See transcript where the oath was administered, the police chief described the ammunition disposition plan, and the street-closure motion was recorded and approved.