What happened
The council approved a $90,000 increase to a contract with Ellis Investigations for personnel investigations, bringing the total to $100,000. The vote was 5-1 with Butt voting no and Bates abstaining. The original $10,000 contract from 2021 needed more funding to handle employee misconduct cases through June 2023.
The council approved 5 routine items on consent, including policies for city borrowing, investment rules, and retiree health benefit funding. They also unanimously approved meeting minutes from three recent council sessions.
Most agenda items received no votes and were likely continued to future meetings. These included adding 10 new city positions with neighborhood safety staff, a $760,000 contract with 7 law firms for ongoing lawsuits, and $44,159 for bulletproof vests for the SWAT team.
The council was scheduled to receive updates on a 2021 oil spill at Chevron's Long Wharf facility and monthly operations reports from Veolia on water and sewer services. They also planned to discuss a formal statement condemning the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, which drew 2 public comments.
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Approved as a group without individual discussion.