Civilian Review Board — Aurora, IL
Date: 2022-01-20

City Hall - Second Floor
 City of Aurora Council CHambers
 44 E. Downer Place
 Aurora, IL 60507
 Civilian Review Board

 Agenda - Final
 Thursday
 January 20, 2022
 6:00 PM


 CALL TO ORDER

 ROLL CALL

 OTHERS PRESENT

 APPROVAL OF MINUTES

22-0025 Approval of the Minutes of the Thursday, December 16, 2021, Civilian Review
 Board Meeting
 PUBLIC COMMENT

 REPORT OF THE CHAIR

 DISCUSSION OF RECORDS

 SOFTWARE TRAINING

 OLD BUSINESS

21-1009 City Laptops

 NEW BUSINESS

22-0026 Complaints Process

22-0034 Compliments Process

22-0027 Outreach Activity #1
 Meet the CRB Members - listening tour with City of Aurora Aldermen
22-0035 Outreach Activity #2
 APD with citizens intellectual and developmental disabilities
 OTHER BUSINESS




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22-0036 Virtual Meetings

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

 CLOSED SESSION
 Pursuant to (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)) of the Open Meetings Act

 Consideration and Adoption of the Board’s Recommendations to the Chief of Police
 Regarding Pending Civilian Complaints
 ADJOURNMENT




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City of Aurora

 44 E. Downer Place
 Aurora, IL 60507




  Meeting Minutes

Thursday, January 20, 2022

 6:00 PM



 City Hall - Second Floor
 Council CHambers


Civilian Review Board
Civilian Review Board Meeting Minutes January 20, 2022



 CALL TO ORDER

 Chair Bright called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. and the roll was called.


 ROLL CALL

 Members present: Kim Bright, Timothy Brown, Jacqueline Gibson, Ginger
 Ingram, Andrea McMillian, Lily Rocha (6).

 Members absent: Rajesh Char, Vincent Gaddis, Curtis Wilson (3).

 OTHERS PRESENT

 Others present: Michelle Williams, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion;
 Deborah Lang, Assistant Corporation Counsel; Chanel Kassis, Board Secretary.

 APPROVAL OF MINUTES

 Approval of the Minutes of the Thursday, December 16, 2021, Civilian
 Review Board Meeting
 Vice Chair McMillian made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by
 Member Gibson.

 The motion was carried by a roll vote as follows:

 Ayes: 6 - Kim Bright, Timothy Brown, Jacqueline Gibson, Ginger Ingram,
 Andrea McMillian, Lily Rocha.

 Nayes: 0.

 Absent: 3 - Rajesh Char, Vincent Gaddis, Curtis Wilson.

 PUBLIC COMMENT

 None.


 REPORT OF THE CHAIR

 Chair Bright provided an overview of her board related activities over the past
 month.

 There was a request to have the Ethics training available on Sharepoint.

 DISCUSSION OF RECORDS

 None.


 SOFTWARE TRAINING

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 None.


 OLD BUSINESS

 None.


 City Laptops

 Chair Bright provided a brief summary about the city-issued laptops.

 A request was made to have I.T. present at the next meeting to answer Board's
 questions about laptop applications.

 NEW BUSINESS

 None.


 Complaints Process

 Member Rocha provided an overview of the Complaints Process agenda item.

 Chair Bright made a motion to approve the content for the proposed complaint
 process on pages 2 and 3, seconded by Vice Chair McMillian.

 The motion was carried by a roll vote as follows:

 Ayes: 6 - Kim Bright, Timothy Brown, Jacqueline Gibson, Ginger Ingram,
 Andrea McMillian, Lily Rocha.

 Nayes: 0.

 Absent: 3 - Rajesh Char, Vincent Gaddis, Curtis Wilson.



 Member Ingram made a motion to approve encompassing the next steps; 1, 2
 and 4, seconded by Member Brown.

 The motion was carried by a roll vote as follows:

 Ayes: 6 - Kim Bright, Timothy Brown, Jacqueline Gibson, Ginger Ingram,
 Andrea McMillian, Lily Rocha.

 Nayes: 0.

 Absent: 3 - Rajesh Char, Vincent Gaddis, Curtis Wilson.



 Member Brown made a motion to refer step 3 about anonymous complaints to
 the Corporation Counsel liaison, seconded by Member Gibson.

 The motion was carried by a roll vote as follows:

 Ayes: 6 - Kim Bright, Timothy Brown, Jacqueline Gibson, Ginger Ingram,

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 Andrea McMillian, Lily Rocha.

 Nayes: 0.

 Absent: 3 - Rajesh Char, Vincent Gaddis, Curtis Wilson.

 Compliments Process

 Member Ingram provided an overview of the Compliments Process agenda
 item.

 Vice Chair McMillian made a motion to approve include the compliments
 process to be discussed with APD, seconded by Member Brown.

 The motion was carried by a roll vote as follows:

 Ayes: 6 - Kim Bright, Timothy Brown, Jacqueline Gibson, Ginger Ingram,
 Andrea McMillian, Lily Rocha.

 Nayes: 0.

 Absent: 3 - Rajesh Char, Vincent Gaddis, Curtis Wilson.




 Chair Bright made a motion to get additional information on what other boards
 do who have a compliments and complaints process, seconded by Member
 Brown.

 The motion was carried by a roll vote as follows:

 Ayes: 5 - Kim Bright, Timothy Brown, Jacqueline Gibson, Ginger Ingram,
 Andrea McMillian.

 Nayes: 1 - Lily Rocha.

 Absent: 3 - Rajesh Char, Vincent Gaddis, Curtis Wilson.

 Outreach Activity #1
 Meet the CRB Members - listening tour with City of Aurora Aldermen
 Member Gibson provided an overview of the Listening Tour with the City of
 Aurora Aldermen (Outreach Activity #1).

 Member Rocha made a motion to approve to go forward with this outreach
 activity, seconded by Vice Chair McMillian.

 The motion was carried by a roll vote as follows:

 Ayes: 6 - Kim Bright, Timothy Brown, Jacqueline Gibson, Ginger Ingram,
 Andrea McMillian, Lily Rocha.

 Nayes: 0.



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 Absent: 3 - Rajesh Char, Vincent Gaddis, Curtis Wilson.

 Outreach Activity #2
 APD with citizens intellectual and developmental disabilities
 Member Brown provided an overview of APD's interactions with citizens with
 mental health challenges/intellectual and developmental disabilities (Outreach
 Activity #2).

 Member Rocha made a motion to approve to go forward with this outreach
 activity, seconded by Member Ingram.

 The motion was carried by a roll vote as follows:

 Ayes: 6 - Kim Bright, Timothy Brown, Jacqueline Gibson, Ginger Ingram,
 Andrea McMillian, Lily Rocha.

 Nayes: 0.

 Absent: 3 - Rajesh Char, Vincent Gaddis, Curtis Wilson.

 OTHER BUSINESS

 None.


 Virtual Meetings

 Assistant Corporation Counsel Deb Lang discussed the possibility to hold virtual
 meetings as long as there is a quorum in-person.

 Chair Bright made a motion to approve to adopt a policy that if there is a
 quorum present to allow a member to participate virtually in accordance to the
 Open Meetings Act and seek additional guidance from Corporation Counsel
 Deb Lang as to the specifics, seconded by Member Brown.

 The motion was carried by a roll vote as follows:

 Ayes: 5 - Kim Bright, Timothy Brown, Jacqueline Gibson, Ginger Ingram, Lily
 Rocha.

 Nayes: 1 - Andrea McMillian.

 Absent: 3 - Rajesh Char, Vincent Gaddis, Curtis Wilson.

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

 None.


 CLOSED SESSION

 None.




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 Consideration and Adoption of the Board’s Recommendations to the Chief of Police
 Regarding Pending Civilian Complaints
 None.


 ADJOURNMENT

 A motion was made by Vice Chair McMillian, seconded by Member Rocha to
 adjourn the meeting. The motion carried by a voice vote and the meeting
 adjourned at 7:53 p.m.

 Submitted by:
 ____________________________________
 Chanel Kassis, Board Secretary




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