City Of Peoria: 3.10.22 Advisory Committee On Police-Community Relations

Press release from the City of Peoria:

February 23, 2022

1. Standard 48-hour notice, except for an emergency meeting, to all member of the public body, posted at the meeting location, on the public body’s website and provided to any news media that has requested notice.
2. During the meeting, participating members must be verified and must be able to hear one another, as well as hear all discussion and testimony.
3. During open meetings, members of the public who are present at the meeting location of the public body must be able to hear all discussion, testimony and votes of the members of the body.
4. If attendance at the regular meeting location is not feasible due to the disaster, alternative arrangements must be made and notice of the meeting must include the arrangements that will provide live public access to hear all the parts of the open meeting (phone number or link to Zoom, Teams, Go To Meeting, etc.)
5. At least one member of the public body, the chief legal counsel or the chief administrative officer must be physically present at the meeting location, unless it is not feasible due to the disaster (other member of the public body may attend in person or remotely).
6. All votes must be by roll call, identifying each member and recording their vote on each issue.
7. Standard minutes of all meetings must be kept, approved and made available for public review as usual; and
8. A verbatim audio or video recording of all meeting must be made and available to the public for review.  These recordings are public records and must be maintained per OMA.

• A Virtual Advisory Committee on Police Community Relations Meeting will be held on March 10, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom.
• If you’d like to attend and participate in the meeting, please email Christina Kirby at ckirby@peoriagov.org or call at 309.494.8335 and you will be provided with further instruction.
• After the Police Community Relations Advisory Committee Meeting, a video recording will be posted on the City of Peoria YouTube Chanel at https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofpeoriatv
• Anyone that cannot attend the Police Community Relations Advisory Committee Meeting can send their comments to Christina Kirby by 12:00 p.m. on March 10, 2022 via email at ckirby@peoriagov.org. The email should be labeled “Comment for March 10, 2022 Advisory Committee on Police Community Relations Meeting,” and we ask that you include your name and contact information. Live comments will be given priority to electronically submitted comments.
• The agenda, minutes and a video podcast or the meeting will be available online at http://www.peoriagov.org/city-council/meetings/.

1. Roll call
2. Approval of minutes
3. Welcome and wellness check of committee members
4. Unfinished business
   1. Virtual townhall series updates – March 24, 2022 from 6-7:30 pm
   2. Proposed locations of community access to regular meetings on zoom – community centers (on hold, as virus dictates)
5. New business
   1. Subcommittee report on sufficiency of Peoria ordinance to meet community needs
6. General police update (current & pending formal complaints & other notable stats)
   1. Diversity presentation: comments and questions
   2. License plate readers: comments and questions
7. Citizen’s opportunity to address the committee
   1. Review citizen complaint
8. Items for the good of the cause
9. Adjournment

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