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AMENDED: Amending Section 5.20(3)(a)3. of the Madison General Ordinances related to nominations to the Police Civilian Oversight Board to modify the process for community organizations to nominate members of the PCOB.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This ordinance modifies the process for community organizations to nominate members of the Police Civilian Oversight Board (PCOB). The current ordinance requires that designated community organizations submit three names for consideration by the Mayor and Council and allows the Mayor and Council Leadership to make an appointment from a pool of other eligible applicants if the organization does not submit three names. The PCOB was established in 2020 and the terms of some of the original members have expired or will expire shortly. This ordinance would permit designated organizations to re-nominate an individual who it had previously nominated and whose term is expiring if that individual is interested in continuing to serve, rather than submitting names of two additional individuals in addition to the incumbent’s name.
The amendment reduces required nominations by community-based organizations from three (3) to two (2) when an incumbent Board member is not re-nominated.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Paragraph 3. of Subdivision (a) entitled “Members” of Subsection (3) entitled “Board Composition” of Section 5.20 entitled “Police Civilian Oversight Board” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
“3. Nominated by community-based organizations. The Mayor and Common Council, in collaboration with the Department of Civil Rights, shall seek nominations from a designated set of nine (9) community-based organizations that have an interest in civil rights, immigrant rights, disability rights/mental health, racial equity and social justice, and ...
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