Board files fire‑merit commission minutes and accepts grievances communications; one grievance remains tabled

The Board of Public Safety approved the fire merit commission minutes from June 9, accepted a communication clarifying filing dates and jurisdictional routing for lieutenant grievances, and recorded that a lieutenant grievance hearing remains tabled.

The chair presented the fire merit commission minutes and the motion to approve them carried by voice vote. The board then addressed an action item to accept a communication that clarified filing dates and jurisdictional routing for grievances involving Lieutenant Otto and Lieutenant Chris. A motion to accept that communication and place it on file passed.

Separately, the board noted that the grievance hearing for Lieutenant Ryan Chris remains tabled; the meeting record identifies the item as tabled and records the acceptance of a formal protest for the grievances of Lieutenant Chris and Lieutenant Otto.

The meeting record shows the board took these procedural steps and placed the formal protest communications on file. No formal hearing outcome was decided at the July 8 meeting.