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Council declines to exert jurisdiction on police-discipline item after procedural votes
Summary
After debate on whether to suspend rules and hear a police-discipline matter (a chief of police request concerning alleged theft and possible discharge), the council imposed a previous question but then voted 4–7 to decline to exert jurisdiction; the dispute centered on whether the council should address employee discharge or defer to civil service processes.
Council members debated whether to suspend the rules and take up a police-discipline matter that the chief of police had asked the council to hear. The item, introduced to allow discussion of alleged thefts and possible discharge, generated procedural motions and votes on jurisdiction.
One council member explained the chief of police’s position: the chief…
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