At the August meeting Chair Holloway read a letter from Wallace Dietz in the mayor’s office responding to the CRB’s July 30 inquiry about a lengthy independent investigation into the Garrett Davidson complaint.

Dietz wrote that Mayor O’Connell shares the board’s frustration with the investigation’s duration — which board members described as roughly a 14‑month inquiry with work by outside counsel and “hundreds of thousands of dollars” spent — but said he did not believe the delay was attributable to any single party. The letter said the criminal prosecution related to the matter required conversations with the district attorney to allow Butler Snow unrestricted access to documents and witnesses without interfering with a separate prosecution. Dietz added the district attorney’s office participated and that the independent review has continued and is nearing conclusion.

Board members asked that the mayor’s response be included in the CRB’s file and moved to accept the letter; the motion passed by voice vote.