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JANUARY 20, 2021 8 <br />maintenance and guidance in the event of fire issues. He noted that residential fires may be <br />related to the additional time that residents are spending at home due to COVID. He asked <br />that we keep in mind that life comes first, property second. There have been property damage <br />losses, but there have been no losses of life. He looks forward to getting back to promoting <br />public education and fire prevention. He noted that steps are being taken virtually, but more <br />is needed. Investigations went up due to the increase in structure fires and that with schools <br />being open less often, there is less interaction with public education. He noted that the Fire <br />Department will continue to try to do more to offset this deficiency. <br />A summary is as follows: <br />PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR <br />Attorney Weiss reminded the public that each person who wishes to speak will have three (3) <br />minutes to speak, using the timer, and asked that they please use the hand raising feature to take a <br />turn. <br />Clerk of the Board Anne Fuchs noted that it came to her attention that there were members of the <br />public who missed the first twenty (20) minutes of today’s meeting due to an outdated link on the <br />Board’s website. She apologized for the oversight and noted for the public that this meeting was <br />recorded and will be posted on the City’s website immediately following the session. <br />Andrew Pierce, 1131 East Irvington Ave. was one of the individuals who missed the first twenty <br />minutes of the meeting and apologized for the repeat question, but he missed the presentation on the <br />revisions to the Use of Force Policy and inquired about the use of deadly force mentioned in Policy <br />section 300.4. He was in a community meeting on December 10th and reiterated how the community <br />was concerned about the use of deadly force on suspects who are unarmed. “When the individual is <br />capable of causing serious bodily harm or death without a weapon and is attempting to do so.” He <br />wanted to know if that language has been omitted or modified in response to the community’s <br />concerns from that meeting. Attorney Weiss said that she did not have input on the proposed <br />changes, but Attorney Martinez noted that the concerns brought up at the meeting were taken into <br />consideration when amending the update to this policy, which would be available for public review <br />on the website. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />There being no further business to come before the Board, upon a motion by Mr. Jones, seconded by