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City attorney briefs Public Safety Commission on duties and Brown Act requirements
Summary
City Attorney Rahi told the Desert Hot Springs Public Safety (police) Commission it is an advisory body established by the people (Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code chapter 2.40) and reviewed Brown Act rules about meeting notices, serial meetings and enforcement; commissioners asked how to handle off-agenda discussion and public comment.
City Attorney Rahi, joining by videoconference, told the Desert Hot Springs Public Safety Commission that the body — commonly called the police commission — was established by a vote of the people and is codified in the Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code (chapter 2.40). “The police commission is an advisory body to the city council on matters concerning the funding of police services and establishing levels of law enforcement service for the city,” Rahi said.
Rahi said that because the commission was created by…
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