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Norwalk commission votes to end lieutenant’s probation after executive-session review
Summary
Following an executive-session personnel review, the commission accepted the department recommendation to return a lieutenant to full duty; the motion passed by voice vote and no formal votes were recorded during the closed session.
The Norwalk Fire Commission voted on Dec. 16 to end the probationary period for a lieutenant after a personnel review held in executive session.
The commission entered executive session to review a disciplinary/probationary matter and reconvened in public at 03:43. Department representatives recommended the lieutenant be returned to normal duty status. A commissioner moved to return the lieutenant to full status in open session; the chair called for an up-or-down vote and commissioners voiced their approval. "All in favor? Aye," the chair recorded, and the presiding official said the motion carries. The chair congratulated the lieutenant on completing the probationary period.
The transcript records multiple spellings of the lieutenant’s name during the meeting ("Marr," "Maher," and later "Mark"), and the department recommendation used the spelling "Maher." Because the transcript contains inconsistent spellings, this report uses the spelling the department supplied in its recommendation while noting the inconsistency. The department reported no formal votes or motions occurred during the executive session itself; the decision to end probation and return the lieutenant to regular duty was made by motion and voice vote in open session.
