Board of Safety approves $987,051.57 claims docket, accepts 911 month-end report and police merit minutes

At the July 22 meeting of the Board of Safety, members voted to approve the claims and allowance docket for $987,051.57 and accepted several departmental records, including the June 2025 communications center month-end report. The board voted to approve the claims and allowance docket in the amount of $987,051.57, described in the meeting as consisting of nine pages prepared July 15, 2025 at 8:07 a.m. A motion to approve the claim and allowance docket was made and seconded and the chair announced “Motion carried.” Later in the meeting, Dustin McLean of the 9-1-1 communications center presented the June 2025 month-end report and asked the board for acceptance. A board member moved to accept the communications center report; the motion was seconded and the board carried the motion. The transcript records the clerk/chair calling for a vote and two affirmative “Aye” responses, after which the chair said “Opposed? Motion carried.” The board also accepted the police merit commission minutes from June and placed them on file after a member moved to accept the minutes and another seconded the motion; the chair announced the motion carried. Discussion versus action: Each of these items was handled as a formal approval on the floor—motions were made, seconded and carried for the claims docket, the communications report acceptance and the police merit commission minutes. The transcript does not include recorded roll-call vote tallies by name for these motions.