Votes from the Closed Session Meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners on December 15, 2022

Below are the votes from the closed session meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners on December 15, 2022, with Commissioners Tolbert and Cramer participating via Webex (Mayor Lucas was absent for the open session):

At 9:01 a.m., following a motion by Commissioner Dean, and a second by Commissioner Wagner, the Board voted to go into closed session to discuss personnel matters.  The vote was 4-0 in favor.   Following polling, Commissioner Tolbert voted Aye, Commissioner Dean voted Aye, Commissioner Wagner voted Aye, Commissioner Cramer voted Aye, and Mayor Lucas voted Aye.

Mayor Lucas arrived at 9:04 a.m.

Following a motion by Commissioner Cramer and a second by Commissioner Dean, the Board voted to hire Stacey Graves as the next Chief of Police of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department.  The vote was 5-0 in favor.   Following polling, Commissioner Tolbert voted Aye, Commissioner Dean voted Aye, Commissioner Wagner voted Aye, Commissioner Cramer voted Aye, and Mayor Lucas voted Aye.

Following a motion by Commissioner Dean, and a second by Commissioner Wagner, the Board voted to set the salary for Chief Graves at $180,000.  The vote was 5-0 in favor.   Following polling, Commissioner Tolbert voted Aye, Commissioner Dean voted Aye, Commissioner Wagner voted Aye, Commissioner Cramer voted Aye, and Mayor Lucas voted Aye.

Following a motion by Commissioner Dean and a second by Mayor Lucas, the Board voted to come out of closed session.  The vote was 5-0 in favor.   Following polling, Commissioner Tolbert voted Aye, Commissioner Dean voted Aye, Commissioner Wagner voted Aye, Commissioner Cramer voted Aye, and Mayor Lucas voted Aye.

The Board went into open session at 9:55 a.m.