Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution provides authorization to reimburse Chief Michael C. Koval for legal fees associated with a complaint before the Police and Fire commission. The cost of Chief Koval’s legal fees was $21,953. The funds will be appropriated from the 2017 Contingent Reserve. If adopted, the remaining balance in the 2017 Contingent Reserve will be $1,387,428.
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ALTERNATE - Authorizing the City to reimburse legal fees to Chief Michael C. Koval, as allowed under Sec 62.09(7)(e), Wis. Stats., and, amending the 2017 Adopted Operating Budget to appropriate $21,953 from the Contingent Reserve to Direct Appropriations.
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WHEREAS, On August 15, 2016 and August 22, 2016, two Madison residents filed complaints with Police and Fire Commission (PFC) against Madison Police Department (MPD) Chief, Michael Koval, for his behavior in regard to three incidents on June 7, 2016 at the City-County Building during and after a meeting of the Common Council; and,
WHEREAS, On March 4, 2017, the PFC issued its Decision and Order in regard to the three complaints; and,
WHEREAS, in the complaint in regard to an incident in which Chief Koval was alleged to have mimicked a gesture of reaching for his gun, the PFC found arguments in support of the claim to be unconvincing; and,
WHEREAS, in the complaint in regard to an incident in which Chief Koval was alleged to have pounded on his desk during a speech by a complainant, the PFC found that the act did not constitute misconduct; and,
WHEREAS, in the complaint, in regard to an incident in which Chief Koval, admittedly, loudly called one of the complainants, “a raging lunatic,” the PFC found that the remarks constituted a violation of the MPD Standard of Conduct but that this behavior and comment were “unique and isolated” in his lengthy record of service; and,
WHEREAS, in its Order, based on the evidence presented at the hearing and their views of the credibility of the witnesses, the PFC dismissed the Complain...
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