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Council refers proposed removal of police sergeant education incentive to next meeting after public comment

Verona Common Council · November 7, 2025
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Summary

Following public comment from a Verona police sergeant and extended council debate about pay equity and recruitment, the Common Council referred a proposed administrative change removing an education incentive for sergeants to the next meeting for more analysis.

The Verona Common Council referred action on a proposed amendment to City Administrative Policy 4, Section 3 — a change that would eliminate a separate education incentive for police sergeants — to a future meeting after extended discussion and public comment.

Sergeant Matt Lovell addressed the council during public comment and said the staff recommendation to remove the incentive without a grandfather clause “feels retaliatory,…

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