by Garrett Deutermann
September 5th meeting
Tuesday, September fifth, City Council members motioned to appoint Captain Glen Scofield to Chief of Police and appoint Detective Sergeant Musmeci to Detective Lieutenant. Councilman Lee Kyriacou called a point of order, referring to a section of the local charter, “My understanding is, no appointments can be made without the issue being discussed at workshop.” City Attorney Gerard Pisanelli, who looked at the section of charter in question, said this instance fell into a gray area, but it was prudent to have the appointments put to workshop before being voted on.
Later in the month, when further questioned about the appointment, Councilman Phil Shea said, “The appointments had not been work shopped” at the September eleventh workshop, one reason being, “City Administrator Joe Braun was not present, so it could not be discussed.” There has been nothing more on the appointments to date.
