HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-CPB-2010-10-28ITHACA COMMUNITY POLICE BOARD MEETING APPROVED
MINUTES: Ithaca Community Police Board
PLACE: Third Floor, Common Council Chambers, City Hall, 108 East Green Street
TIME /DATE: October 28, 2010 @ 3:30 pm
PRESENT: Commissioners Firenze, Laskowitz, McGruder and Slattery; Staff: Herden
ABSENT: Commissioners Bush and Smith; Alderperson Zumoff; Chief Vallely
GUEST: Tomo Shibata
Chairperson Slattery called the meeting to order at 3:32 pm.
1. Approval of Minutes of Meeting of September 23, 2010
Commissioner McGruder moved to approve last month's minutes. Commissioner Laskowitz seconded
The minutes were approved unanimously.
2. Comments from the Public
There were no comments from the Public.
3. Report from Common Council
There was no report from Common Council.
4. Report from Police Department
There was no report from the Police Department.
5. Report from Staff
The Apple Harvest Festival tabling went well. Next year, CPB will get a bigger cylinder of helium for the
balloons; Commissioner Firenze will contact a local ironworks business about getting one from them.
Progress was made on finding Youth Commissioner applicants.
6. Old Business
a. To date, no new appointments to the Ithaca Community Police Board have been made. No notice of
new applicants has been received by the Chair. To the Board's knowledge, Mayor Peterson is still
considering one of the applications already received.
b. There are several prospects for Youth Commissioner applicants.
c. During their October board meeting, the Syracuse Citizen Review Board will consider CPB's request for
them to visit.
7. New Business
Because of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, the Ithaca Community Police Board will move their
November and December Board Meetings to the third Thursday of the next two months. November's
meeting will take place on Thursday, November 18. December's meeting will take place on Thursday,
December 16.
8. Adjournment to Executive Session @ 4:03 pm
Motion by Commissioner Laskowitz, seconded by Commissioner McGruder, to move to executive session
to discuss and vote on results of investigations of open complaints, then return to public session and
adjourn. There were no open complaints.
No new complaints and no new citizen letters of compliment were received between the September and
October board meetings.