Votes at a glance: CPRC elects chair and vice chair, adopts bylaws and schedule

Key formal actions at the Community Police Review Commission meeting on May 16, 2025:

- Chair election: Commissioner John Banaski was elected chair by voice/hand vote. The meeting record reported the outcome as unanimous among commissioners present (vote tally recorded in the meeting as 6 yes, 0 no, 4 absent). The nomination process included a declined nomination earlier in the meeting; the transcript does not record the name of the member who nominated Banaski.

- Vice chair election: Commissioner Laura Cortes Franco was elected vice chair by voice/hand vote. The meeting recorded the outcome as unanimous among commissioners present (6 yes, 0 no, 4 absent).

- Bylaws amendment (appointing authority): The commission changed wording in Article 3 to state that members serve “at the pleasure of the city manager” rather than “appointed by City Council.” The amendment was moved, seconded and the change was approved in the course of adopting the bylaws.

- Adoption of Article 2 text: Commissioners approved reading expanded Article 2 (Purpose and Duties) into the record; that text was adopted as the commission’s Article 2 language during the bylaw adoption process.

- Formation of working group: The commission formed a working group to review additional bylaw changes, set a three‑month deadline for the group to return recommended amendments, and identified initial volunteers for the working group during the meeting.

- Meeting schedule: After discussion and competing motions about location and time, the commission adopted a regular meeting schedule (third Friday, 2:30–3:00 p.m. start noted in the record for City Hall meetings) by recorded voice/hand vote. The meeting record shows the motion carried 6–2 on the final schedule vote.

- Adjournment: The meeting adjourned by unanimous voice vote.

These actions establish the commission’s leadership, operating rules and near-term process for revising bylaws and scheduling future meetings.