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Committee advances emergency contract with Matrix Consulting for Akron Police staffing study
Summary
The Budget and Finance Committee voted to advance an emergency ordinance authorizing the mayor to contract with Matrix Consulting Group to conduct a staffing study for the Akron Police Department; no study cost or scope details were provided at the meeting.
The Budget and Finance Committee voted to advance an emergency ordinance authorizing the mayor or his designee to enter into one or more contracts with Matrix Consulting Group to conduct a staffing study for the Akron Police Department and declared the matter an emergency, sending it to the full council for consideration tonight.
Committee members moved to suspend the rules to give the ordinance a favorable report. The motion passed on a voice vote; committee members indicated unanimous support during the meeting.
Deputy Chief Makosi, speaking for the Akron Police Department, had no additional information to add during the committee discussion. "I do not have anything to add this week," Deputy Chief Makosi said. The transcript records prior discussion with the deputy chief in a previous meeting, but the committee did not detail the study's cost, timeline, or specific scope during the hearing recorded in this transcript.
Because the ordinance was advanced as an emergency and the committee moved to suspend rules, the item was scheduled to appear on the council agenda the same night for final action. The committee did not adopt any amendments or set parameters for the study in the recorded discussion; further details would need to come from the city administration or the council docket.
No public comment on the staffing study was recorded in the committee portion of this transcript.
