Citizen raises concern about municipal-judge order; staff say police and city manager will follow up

A citizen, Devort Smith, addressed the council about what he described as an uncorrected municipal-judge order and asked the council, as the body that oversees the police department, to take action.

"I gave all these guys a copy of this order from I'm in municipal judge, and it still hasn't been corrected," Smith said at the podium, and added he would "proceed to the next step on this issue" if it was not resolved. Council and staff exchanged brief remarks on the record: a council member asked whether staff had visited with the police department, and staff said the chief and the city manager had met about the issue the prior day or morning and that they would follow up. The city manager offered to meet with Smith and the police chief again and advised they could visit about it tomorrow morning.

No council action or vote was taken at the meeting on this matter. Staff indicated they would continue to investigate and follow up with the speaker; the transcript records an offer by staff to contact Smith directly and to continue discussions with the police department.