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Council approves meeting agenda, opens discussion on police chief contract
Summary
Vernonia council unanimously approved the meeting agenda and then shifted to a lengthy discussion about a stalled police chief contract, including training requirements, on-call pay and budget implications; council asked staff to return proposed contract changes at the May meeting.
The Vernonia City Council opened its April 27 meeting, moved to approve the agenda and carried the motion by voice vote. Chair (no name provided) said the agenda was accepted and the council moved immediately into discussion of the police chief contract.
The meeting quickly turned to substantive business after the procedural vote. "The only candidate that put in for the chief of police was, of course, Sean Carnahan," the Chair said, introducing the central personnel issue for the evening. Council members and city staff then spent the bulk of the meeting reviewing contract language, training requirements and on-call expectations. The council asked staff to prepare a report and draft contract changes to appear in the packet for the council's second May meeting (May 18).
