Committee requests job description, tables police executive-assistant post after memos lack key details

The Lawrence City Personnel Committee voted Feb. 25 to request further information from the HR director and the Lawrence Police Department about item 49-26, a proposed executive assistant position for the police department, and then tabled the item because the committee did not receive a job description and because the agenda memo contained inconsistent department information.

The committee chair introduced item 49-26 and said the HR director was not present and that no job description accompanied the materials. The chair also noted the police department had an awards event that evening and a department representative was not available to present.

Council Vice President Anna Levy and Councilor Franklin Miguel said the committee should ask HR and police for a formal job description and clear language for any required ordinance. Miguel moved to send correspondence to the HR director and the Lawrence Police Department requesting the job description and department clarification; Levy seconded the motion and the vote carried.

Following that vote, Miguel moved to table item 49-26 until the requested materials and a departmental presentation are provided; Levy seconded and the motion to table was approved on a roll-call vote. The committee recorded no substantive policy decision on the position itself at this meeting; the item will be returned to the committee after staff and police provide the requested documentation.