9 Citizens Proposed To Review OPD Rules
9 Citizens Proposed
To Review OPD Rules
By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – A list of nine proposed members of a Community Advisory Board to review OPD rules and procedures was contained in the agenda for the upcoming Common Council meeting, released a few minutes ago.
Council, which will act on Mayor Gary Herzig’s recommendations, meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall.
The mayor said the list includes “people from a lot of different perspectives.” He expects the commission, which will choose its own chairman, to convene in late August or early September, since it includes two college students.
Among the members are two speakers from recent local “Rallies for Justice” that followed the May 25 death of George Floyd while being taken into custody in Minneapolis: