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VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT CITY COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 15o 1994 Actinq Poli -c -e Chief Ap)ointment MAYOR: O.K., at this time, I'd like to ask Mrs. Biggs to explain what the motion that wetre going to be voting on. Mrs. Biggs! CITY ATTORNEY** just to put this in the proper context. The Acting Chief has resigned. There is no chief of police appointed by this Council, at the present time. There is a proposal that was set forth by the City Manager to name Officer Cabral as acting chief. It is appropriate for the City Manager when there is a vacancy to make those kinds of proposals. There is a resolution adopted by the City Council that establishes a ratification procedure for recommendation by the City Manager for department heads. It's appropriate for the City Council to ratify the recommendation or not to ratify the recommendation of the city Manager. The report 'that"s before the Council also contains recommended appointments. Those are really informational items for the Council. They are not part of what the Council has decided it has the authority to review or to recommend. Those are 'matters for the City Manager and the Acting Police Chief, whoever he may be, to determine after the acting police chief is named. This is an Interim position. It is not a permanent position. It needs to be filled and thatts the question --the issue before the Council tonight. CM BENNETT Julie, isn't it appropriate if the Council chooses also, though, to put this aside temporarily and look Into the reasons behind the resignation of the Chief? CITYATTORNEY The Council has that authority. There,'s no mandate that you make a decision. MAYOR I would like to, at this time, make a motion that we adopt staff recommendation on the rati.fication of the Acting Police Chief Cabral. Is there a second:.