Michael Haas | 77 Square Miles

On September 8, the Common Council took up a resolution to move $28,500 from the City’s contingent reserve, the fund it keeps for unanticipated expenses, to the Office of the Independent Monitor. The money would have made the office’s part-time data analyst full-time through the end of the year and paid for training.[1] Council President Sabrina Madison voted no, and in her comments during the debate she referred her colleagues to a memo she had requested from City staff and posted on her blog six days earlier.[2][8] The motion to adopt failed, 7 to 12.

The Council Heard One Side of the Police Monitor Story. The City’s Own Rules Say Hear Both.

Key Points On August 31, four City department heads sent Council President Sabrina Madison a memo she had requested, listing budget, contracting, open meetings, and personnel problems in the Office of the Independent Monitor, and she posted it on her blog on September 2. On September 8, the Common Council voted 7 to 12 against adding $28,500 to the office’s budget; President Madison cited the memo in the debate, and the Monitor had not answered it. The City’s own written stan

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