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Board grants continuance in firefighter disciplinary matter; law department to coordinate hearing date
Summary
The board agreed to grant a continuance requested by a firefighter's attorney in an ongoing disciplinary matter and instructed the law department and counsel to coordinate a new hearing date; no hearing date was set at the meeting.
The Hammond City board granted a continuance in a firefighter disciplinary case after the firefighter's attorney requested more time, and the law department said it will coordinate with counsel to set a hearing date.
A staff member told the board the firefighter had asked for a continuance through counsel and that the city had no objection. “Request is made by the firefighter and his counsel, not by the city,” the staff member said, adding that any statutory timing rights would be waived by the firefighter if he sought delay. The staff member said no hearing date had been set and that he would contact the firefighter's attorney to arrange a new date.
A board member moved to approve the continuance and directed counsel on both sides to confirm an actual date for the hearing; another board member seconded the motion and the board voted to approve. The board took no formal action to schedule a hearing during the meeting; staff said the law department would follow up by correspondence with board members next week.
What happens next: the law department will contact defense counsel and the board will be notified of any agreed hearing date via law-department correspondence.
