Item B: Update on Implementation of Measure 20-106

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3) Data collection and reporting work of the auditor and citizen review board; and 4) Ongoing role of the Police Commission with regard to the auditor and review board. Short-Term Decisions Discussion The Charter amendment approved by voters in November only authorizes the council to hire and supervise an independent police auditor. The City Council has not yet formally stated its intention to implement that authority, nor has it formally stated it will also appoint a citizen review board. At the present time, there is no budgetary authority in the FY06 budget to recruit or hire the auditor. A timeline for the recruitment and hiring process for the auditor needs to be developed. It is estimated that the recruitment and selection processes will take three to four months from start to having the auditor on the job. The Police Commission has worked on a job description and a candidate profile. These need to be agreed upon the City Council in order to begin the recruitment and selection processes. The recruitment and selection process needs to be agreed upon by the City Council. For the position of City Manager, also hired, supervised and evaluated by the City Council, an outside recruitment firm was engaged to conduct the candidate search and narrow the applicant pool to a final few candidates to be interviewed. The Police Commission has developed elements to include in a job description and a candidate profile. Once the recruitment process is determined, the council will need to determine if the information is sufficient or if additional information is needed. Policy and legislation regarding the auditor and citizen review board needs to be developed to address items such as removal of the auditor, codification of the review board, and autonomy of the review board itself. The Police Commission, which has been instrumental in the development of the external review model approved the by the voters, could continue to assist the council at this time with regard to the development of immediate or overarching policy or ordinance issues. Long-Term Decisions Discussion The City Council is authorized to hire an independent auditor. An issue to be decided is the status of the auditor; that is, is the auditor to be a regular employee or a contract employee, similar in status to the Municipal Judge. The Charter amendment authorizes the appointment of a citizen review board, but does not identify how the board members will be recruited and selected. The Police Commission report of July 25, 2005, makes suggestions on this topic, but the City Council needs to agree on these issues prior to the appointment of the citizen review board. Further, the Charter amendment states that the citizen review board may oversee and evaluate the work of the independent auditor. In the Charter language, the auditor may receive and classify complaints about sworn police officers. A reporting system which provides protections to all involved in such complaints, as well as accurately capturing information must be developed. A further issue is how this information is made public and available to the larger community. L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M060118\S060118Ba.DOC