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Portland council postpones police oversight workshop, moves into executive session on General Assistance audit
Summary
The Portland City Council voted 6-1 to postpone a workshop on police oversight to March 10 and then voted unanimously to enter executive session to discuss the city's administrative appeal of a Maine Department of Health and Human Services audit and the impact of proposed Rule 26 on the General Assistance program.
The Portland City Council voted 6-1 to postpone a planned workshop on police oversight to March 10 and then voted unanimously to enter an executive session to discuss the city's administrative appeal of a Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) audit of its General Assistance (GA) program and the potential impact of the department's proposed Rule 26.
Councilor Ali moved to adjourn and postpone the workshop so council members could review documents and "do the due diligence," saying, "I did send an email to all of us this morning that our colleague, Councilor Sides, have asked a lot of questions and requests for some information to be shared with us. And looking at that, I want to make a motion to adjourn and postpone this meeting so that, we…
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