Bill No. 22-13 Substitute Establishing A Process For Selection of Community Police Review Board Office Director & Proceess for Appointment of the Initial Review Board Member

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the possession of the Council Attorney and shall only be temporarily distributed to Council Members during an Executive Closed Door session discussed. later. 18. The background review shall consist of a criminal Interstate Identification Index report (national criminal database, the most common used standard employer check) conducted by County Police Records Division at the request of the Council Attorney, a social media review report to be conducted by an outside company, and an Access to Public Records Act ("APRA")request to any former government employers to be conducted by Council Attorney. 19. The APRA of the Council Attorney shall request the information listed as public record by I.C. 5-14-3-4(a)(8), including information of dates of employment, information relating to the status of any formal charges against the employee and the factual basis for a disciplinary action in which final action has been taken and that resulted in the employee being suspended, demoted, or discharged. 20. The Council Attorney shall distribute background review packets of all nominees to all Council Members. If any Council Member has concerns with information in the background review packet of any nominee they should contact the Council Member who named the nominee, the Council President, and the Council Attorney. This will not automatically disqualify any nominee. 21. If after reviewing the background review packets a Council Member chooses to remove their nominee from consideration, that Council Member shall name a new nominee and a background review packet shall be completed as provided by paragraphs 17-20. The Council may continue with the other nominees while the process of background review packet completion is done. 22. On or before June 6, 2022 the Community Relations Chair shall file an Appointment Resolution with the City Clerk appointing all nine(9) nominees to be first Citizen Review Board. 23. The Appointment Resolution shall have a public hearing in Committee on June 13, 2022 along with public introduction of the nominees. The Appointment Resolution may be sent to the full Council by the Committee for consideration on that same date. The Resolution shall require passage by a majority vote of the Council. 24. All nominees shall attend the June 13, 2022 Committee meeting and provide an introduction of herself/himself to the Council and Community. Introductions shall be limited to three(3)minutes. 25. When the Appointment Resolution is presented to the full Council, the nominees shall also provide introductions, limited again to three(3)minutes.