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Council swears in recruits, assigns liens and clears room for executive session on bargaining
Summary
Jacksonville swore in two public-safety recruits and several new police officers were introduced; the Planning and Public Works report proposed assigning liens to the 2 Rivers Land Bank; the council then moved to an executive session to discuss collective bargaining.
The council used the opening portion of the meeting for ceremonial and administrative items before moving into closed-door business.
Chief Summers introduced two new public-safety hires—Alex (firefighter trainee) and Caden Moore (paramedic graduate)—who were sworn in during the meeting. Chief Thompson introduced several new police officers (Oscar Espinosa, Blake Brett, Ross Hudson, Lucas Hill); two officers, Carter Hayes and Jared Lake, were unavailable to attend.
Planning & Public Works: Alderman Scott reported a committee item to assign liens for properties at 300 Northeast Street and 500 Caldwell Street to the 2 Rivers Land Bank and said 300 Northeast Street would be pulled from the assignment list.
Executive session: After public comment, a motion was made and seconded to enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining. Alderman Heap moved and Alderman Scott seconded the motion; council members cleared the room for what staff estimated would be a 5–10 minute executive session. The transcript excerpt does not include a formal roll-call vote on the motion but the room was cleared and the executive session proceeded.
