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Resolution to Appoint Kimmeka Pipkins and Stefani Carter to the Independent Community Police Oversight Commission (7 Votes Required)
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Whereas, City Code Section 1:214(1) provides that members of the Independent Community Police Oversight Commission are appointed by one or more of the Council liaisons to the Human Rights Commission or liaisons to the Independent Community Police Oversight Commission with the approval of the City Council;
Whereas, Kimmeka Pipkins is not a registered elector of the City of Ann Arbor; and
Whereas, Section 12.2(b) of the City Charter states:
“Residency eligibility requirements for paid appointed officers shall be in accordance with State law. An unpaid appointive officer to a board or commission established pursuant to law, this charter, or ordinance shall be eligible for appointment if he/she is a registered elector of this City, unless this requirement is waived by a resolution concurred in by not less than seven members of the Council.”
RESOLVED, That City Council waives the requirement of Section 12.2(b) of the City Charter and makes the following appointments:
Independent Community Police Oversight Commission
Kimmeka Pipkins -Reappointment
Term Ending: May 31, 2026
Stefani Carter -Reappointment
Term Ending: May 31, 2026
Sponsored by: Councilmembers Gahzi Edwin, Song, Harrison