Council to Hear Complaints on Chief of Police Jason Carroll in Monday Special Meeting

Jefferson City Council will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Jefferson Visitor’s Center to discuss complaints on Police Chief Jason Carroll.

Carroll was the object of numerous complaints during the public comment section of last Tuesday night’s regular Council meeting. The complaints stemmed from a series of FaceBook posts Carroll made which were seen by citizens as being insensitive to the Black Lives Matter protest march held last Saturday. Carroll had deleted the posts from his FaceBook page, but numerous screen shots of the posts continue to circulate.

The public complaints called for his resignation or termination.

Carroll also issued an apology to the community via the media (See Carroll Offers Apology) on Wednesday.

The Herald will be live for the public portions of the meeting. There is both a public portion and Executive Session portion of Monday’s meeting. As this is a personnel matter, Council will discuss the matter in Executive Session unless Carroll requests it all be done in public.

The Posted Agenda follows:

NOTICE
CITY OF JEFFERSON, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TRANSPORATION CENTER
305 E. AUSTIN ST.
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020 @ 5:30 PM

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Jefferson City Council will be held on June 22, 2020 at 5:30 P.M. at the Transportation Center at 305 E. Austin Street, Jefferson, Texas, at which time the subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are as listed below. Items do not have to be taken in the order shown on the meeting notice. Unless removed from the consent agenda, items identified with the consent agenda will be acted on at one time.

AGENDA

•   CALL TO ORDER-MAYOR PRO TEM

•   INVOCATION

•   WELCOME GUEST AND VISITORS

Public Comments-Limited to citizens and business owners of the City of Jefferson, must sign up in advance on the list located near the door and must limit to 3 minutes conversation. Jefferson City Council may ask questions but shall not discuss items that are not on the agenda. On a subject that is not posted on the agenda a person may add to a future City Council Agenda by contacting City Hall a minimum of 5 days prior to a regular City Council Meeting.

•   ACTION ITEM

•   Discuss and take possible action on Employment of Chief of Police -Jason Carroll


•   EXECUTIVE SESSION

The Jefferson City Council reserves the right to adjourn into Executive Session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed, as authorized by Texas Government Code;

•    Section 551.071 – Consultation with an Attorney
•    Section 551.072 - Deliberations concerning Real Property
•    Section 551.073 – Deliberations concerning Gifts/Donations
•     Section 551.074- Personnel Matter – Complaints on Chief of Police Jason Carroll
•     Section 551.076 – Deliberations concerning Municipal Security
•     Section 551.086 - Economic Development
•   RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION

•    Consider and/or approve voting on action concerning Police Chief complaints

•   ADJOURNMENT


 Certificate of Posting

 I, Doris M. Hines, City Secretary for the City of Jefferson, Texas, do hereby certify that this 
 Notice of Meeting was posted at City Hall, 102 North Polk Street, a place readily accessible to             
 the general public at all times, on the 18th day of June, 2020, at ____________, and 
 remained so posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of
 said meeting.



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Doris M. Hines, City Secretary