HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-20-2023 Press Release outh Bend Common Council Hosting Open Forum for the Position of the Director of the Community Police Review BoardCity of South Bend
Common Council
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NEWS RELEASE
Subject: South Bend Common Council Hosting Open Forum for the
Position of the Director of the Community Police Review
Board
Date: Monday, March 20, 2023
From: Council President, Sharon L. McBride
Contact: Bob Palmer, Council Attorney: bpalmer@southbendin.gov
South Bend Common Council Hosting Open Forum for the Position of
the Director of the Community Police Review Board
The Common Council will be hosting an open forum for the position of
Director of the Community Police Review Board Office today March 20,
2023, at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Joseph County Public Library in Ballroom A.
The public forum will also be available by way of a virtual meeting using the
Microsoft Teams Meeting app. Public access to the Common Council
Committee meeting can be granted by following this link:
https://tinyurl.com/032023CRBFORUM
Five candidates have been given invitations to participate in this final
interview round for the job of Director: Stephanie Ball, Charles L. King,
Randy Peppers, Julius Rhodes, and Matt Topelian.
The Council agreed to and voted on a hiring process plan in early 2022
which included two initial rounds of interviews and this third-round public
forum meeting. The final public forum was to include no more than five
candidates. The process plan also provides that the “applicants shall all
participate individually, one at a time in the meeting and not be present when
they are not participating. Each applicant will be given seven minutes to
introduce themselves and discuss their goals for the office, followed by
questioning by the facilitators.
All questions and discussion shall be facilitated during the meeting by the
Moderator, a City Human Resources Representative, Council Attorney or
Council President. All applicants will be asked the same questions during
this third round of interviews.
Sharon L. McBride
President
Sheila Niezgodski
Vice President
Canneth Lee
Chairperson, Committee
of the Whole
Canneth Lee
First District
Henry Davis, Jr.
Second District
Sharon L. McBride
Third District
Troy Warner
Fourth District
Eli Wax
Fifth District
Sheila Niezgodski
Sixth District
Karen L. White
At Large
Rachel Tomas Morgan
At Large
Lori K Hamann
At Large
City of South Bend
Common Council
441 County-City Building ● 227 W. Jefferson Blvd
South Bend, Indiana 46601
(574) 235-9321● Fax (574) 235-9173 ● TDD (574) 235-5567 ● http://www.southbendin.gov
Immediately following the interview of all candidates, the meeting will be open to members of
the public for input and discussion on the applicants. This meeting is intended to be a listening
session for the Council and the Council will hold all of its input and discussion for the public
meeting described in the next paragraph. During the public input portion, the public shall be
allotted three minutes for comments and after all those have spoken that wish to speak, a second
comment time of two minutes. Following public input portion of the meeting, the Council to
provide its input into the final determinations and express its opinion on the finalists.
Following the meeting, based on the input of both the public and the Council, meeting, the
Council President, the Vice President, the immediate past Council President and the Chair of the
Health& Public Safety Committee shall hold a closed-door meeting and then file a
Recommendation Resolution recommending no more than three applicants to the Mayor as
required by the City Ordinance. The Resolution shall be considered at the next Council meeting
after its filing. The Mayor shall then select one of the applicants listed in the approved
Recommendation Resolution for the position of Director of the Community Police Review Board
Office.
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