Syracuse City Council withdraws Item 48 in 5-4 vote, unanimously adopts Item 49 to fill CRB seats; several items held

Syracuse City Council on an unspecified meeting date voted 5-4 to withdraw agenda Item 48 from consideration and unanimously adopted Item 49, which council members said would fill the council’s Civilian Review Board seats, while approving a series of routine measures and holding several items for further review.

The withdrawal of Item 48 followed a motion from the floor to remove the item for further investigation and a roll-call vote that produced five yes votes and four no votes. The roll call recorded the following responses: Dr. Caldwell — yes; Councillor Machoke — no; Councillor Pena Agua — no; Councillor Gathers — yes; Councillor Navick — yes; Councillor Hogan — yes; Councillor Williams — no; Councillor Jones Rausser — yes; Councillor Macho — no. The motion to withdraw Item 48 passed 5–4.

The council then moved to consider Item 49 under a waiver of the rules. Councillor Misha (first reference includes role) urged adoption and thanked colleagues for their work; “this should on the council side fill all CRB board positions,” Councillor Misha said. The clerk called the roll on Item 49 and the council recorded the vote as unanimous.

Beyond those two items, councilors introduced and adopted a slate of routine items across the agenda during the meeting, with many votes recorded as unanimous by the clerk. Several agenda items were held for later consideration, specifically Items 15, 18, 35, 36, 39, 40, 45 and 46, and the mayor withdrew a group of items from the mayor’s agenda identified in the meeting as Items 30–34.

The meeting opened with ceremonial items and routine roll calls before councilors announced committee reports and introduced their items. City documents referenced during the meeting included a notice from the mayor, and a report referred to the Empire State Development general project plans cited by the city auditor and mayor's office; the meeting transcript did not include further details of those documents within the discussion recorded here.

What the council did not do during this session — as recorded in the transcript — was take final action on Item 48 (it was removed) or provide extended public debate on policy changes tied to Item 49; councilors characterized Item 49 as filling vacant council-side Civilian Review Board positions and expressed appreciation for colleagues’ work on the nominations.

Items held or withdrawn will be scheduled for committee review or future council action per council practice; Item 48 was withdrawn specifically “while we do further investigation,” according to remarks on the floor recorded in the transcript. The clerk will announce future scheduling and any additional documentation when items are returned to the agenda.