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Citizens Please for You Board Meeting - March 11, 2026

Video Archive — Wednesday, March 11, 2026
BodyColumbia, Missouri
SessionVideo Archive
DateWednesday, March 11, 2026
StatusFILED
Video Record
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Transcript — Verbatim
4:10

Call the March eleventh meeting of the Citizens Please for You Board to order.

4:17

And we will begin as usual with introductions.

4:28

Stephanie Brown, Special Project Manager, City Manager's Office.

5:00

Pardon me, a little frog in my throat.

5:04

I is the does anybody have any uh additions or corrections on the agenda that they want to?

5:12

I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda then.

5:15

So moved.

5:16

Jeffrey.

5:17

Coleman second.

5:20

Uh move and second to approve the agenda.

5:22

All those in favor say aye.

5:24

Aye.

5:24

Aye.

5:28

So that's approved.

5:29

We'll move on to the approval of the minutes, which I think everybody would have an opportunity to review by now.

5:37

I saw no complications or difficulties with it myself.

5:41

Do anybody else note anything?

5:43

I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes of the February 11th meeting then.

5:49

I'll approve, Jeffrey.

5:52

I'll second Hunt.

5:55

Okay.

5:55

All those in favor of approving the minutes.

5:58

I think Annual Report update.

6:03

And that might be Stephanie, you want to talk about what we're looking at here?

6:08

Sure, yes.

6:09

So as mentioned in the last meeting, we did present the board's annual report to the council at the beginning of February with a note that we'd include the uh demographic information of the complaints that's required in the the board duties to be in the annual report that we would include that once it became available.

6:27

Um Assistant Harell, Assistant Chief Harell did provide that information that we've shared with you all.

6:33

Um we can at the board's approval uh submit this as a supplement to council.

6:43

So it might be because some people will be looking at this for the first time and will have an opinion to express.

6:51

This would be a good opportunity to see what we're seeing on here, and then we'll entertain a motion to uh to uh include it in in our um in our uh annual report.

7:05

I'm I'm I'm actually gonna do one of those things that I do periodically.

7:08

I'm gonna be go silent for a while.

7:10

There's something that stands out to me on this report, and I'm curious about whether other people are seeing things too.

7:34

As an as an elderly white male, I was struck by how few male white complaints there are.

7:41

And uh we have much more female complaints than we have uh male complaints than generally and a lot more complaints from uh uh black folks than from white folks.

7:51

Um I don't know what to make of that, but we you know we need to look at uh what statistics sort of suggest, and it does to me suggest uh some tension, let's put it that way.

8:04

Uh I don't that we don't might not know how to interpret, but it's it's a sort of a leaping out thing for me.

8:12

Um I have a question.

8:15

Do we have historic data for all of this as well, so we could look at trends maybe for past five, ten years?

8:21

Uh yes, there should be the information available.

8:24

Um we did have it posted online up to a certain year, but that information I would think has been um submitted each year prior to this year.

8:33

So we could just look at the check on that.

8:34

I can provide that information.

8:37

So you're thinking that I, you know, the final the annual reports are posted, as I recall.

8:42

So you think they're buried in they can be found in the annual reports or yes.

8:48

Would you like to would you would you be interested in seeing some sort of aggregated report on that so we can make sense of it or just if that wouldn't be too if that wouldn't be too much?

8:57

I I I I like trends.

8:59

Okay, because just data points don't really do a whole lot without seeing patterns and trends.

9:04

You know, we we could say this looks horrible and then look at five years past, and this looks great compared to that.

9:09

Yeah, or it could be the opposite.

9:10

Are you looking at the past five years or ten years?

9:13

I would say five years wouldn't be a good idea.

9:15

Five years I would think would be good, yeah.

9:19

That's an excellent idea.

9:20

Yeah.

9:23

The total number of calls was really high, and then there was only a small amount of complaints.

9:28

But I don't know if that's percentage-wise like 56 compared to 129,000.

9:35

I think some people get discouraged by having to write it all out and you know the process and so they're just like forget it.

9:43

Well, thinking that they were doing a good job and nobody was complaining.

9:52

And just go, okay, you know, I could see that.

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Summary of Proceedings

Citizens Please for You Board Meeting - March 11, 2026

The Citizens Please for You Board met on March 11, 2026, to discuss the annual report demographic supplement, complaint review procedures, and future meeting logistics. The board approved the agenda and minutes, reviewed complaint data, and deliberated on how to efficiently review complaints while complying with sunshine law.

Consent Calendar

  • The board approved the agenda and the minutes of the February 11, 2026 meeting by unanimous voice vote.

Discussion Items

  • Annual Report Update: Stephanie Brown presented demographic data on complainants for inclusion in the annual report. A board member noted that the data showed a higher number of complaints from female and Black complainants compared to male and white complainants, and suggested looking at five-year trends to better interpret the data. Another member noted that the chart showed 56 complainants, not 56 complaints, and that 20 complainants withdrew their complaints after speaking with investigators. The board voted unanimously to include the demographic supplement in the annual report.
  • Complaint Review Process: Board Chair Doug proposed a method for reviewing complaints from the first quarter of the year (2026), assigning primary and secondary reviewers to each of eight cases. Discussion ensued about whether subgroups meeting outside board meetings would violate sunshine law. Stephanie Brown clarified that any designated subgroup meeting to discuss board business would require public notice, agenda, and staff support, and that the board's previous practice of having groups of three meet might have been non-compliant. The board agreed that reviewers would work independently and bring their findings to closed session discussions. The board also directed staff to upload the eight cases to the evidence system for review prior to the next meeting.
  • Human Rights Commission Report: No report was given as the Human Rights Commission had not met; new members had been appointed by the City Council. The board noted that the next Human Rights Commission meeting is April 7, 2026.
  • Staff Comments: Staff announced that council chambers and conference rooms 1A1B will receive AV upgrades beginning in June, and suggested the board consider canceling the July meeting or relocating if an appeal is pending.

Key Outcomes

  • The board unanimously approved the annual report demographic supplement (motion and second, voice vote with all ayes).
  • The board agreed to a complaint review process where each of the eight first-quarter 2026 cases will be assigned a primary and secondary reviewer, working independently, with discussion in closed session.
  • Staff were directed to post the eight cases on the evidence system for board access.
  • The board will consider canceling or relocating the July meeting due to AV upgrades, with a decision closer to the date.
  • The board voted unanimously to enter closed session for discussion of records protected from disclosure (roll call vote: all members present voted yes).

Meeting Transcript

Call the March eleventh meeting of the Citizens Please for You Board to order. And we will begin as usual with introductions. Stephanie Brown, Special Project Manager, City Manager's Office. Pardon me, a little frog in my throat. I is the does anybody have any uh additions or corrections on the agenda that they want to? I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda then. So moved. Jeffrey. Coleman second. Uh move and second to approve the agenda. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. So that's approved. We'll move on to the approval of the minutes, which I think everybody would have an opportunity to review by now. I saw no complications or difficulties with it myself. Do anybody else note anything? I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes of the February 11th meeting then. I'll approve, Jeffrey. I'll second Hunt. Okay. All those in favor of approving the minutes. I think Annual Report update. And that might be Stephanie, you want to talk about what we're looking at here? Sure, yes. So as mentioned in the last meeting, we did present the board's annual report to the council at the beginning of February with a note that we'd include the uh demographic information of the complaints that's required in the the board duties to be in the annual report that we would include that once it became available. Um Assistant Harell, Assistant Chief Harell did provide that information that we've shared with you all. Um we can at the board's approval uh submit this as a supplement to council. So it might be because some people will be looking at this for the first time and will have an opinion to express. This would be a good opportunity to see what we're seeing on here, and then we'll entertain a motion to uh to uh include it in in our um in our uh annual report. I'm I'm I'm actually gonna do one of those things that I do periodically. I'm gonna be go silent for a while. There's something that stands out to me on this report, and I'm curious about whether other people are seeing things too. As an as an elderly white male, I was struck by how few male white complaints there are. And uh we have much more female complaints than we have uh male complaints than generally and a lot more complaints from uh uh black folks than from white folks. Um I don't know what to make of that, but we you know we need to look at uh what statistics sort of suggest, and it does to me suggest uh some tension, let's put it that way. Uh I don't that we don't might not know how to interpret, but it's it's a sort of a leaping out thing for me. Um I have a question. Do we have historic data for all of this as well, so we could look at trends maybe for past five, ten years? Uh yes, there should be the information available. Um we did have it posted online up to a certain year, but that information I would think has been um submitted each year prior to this year. So we could just look at the check on that. I can provide that information. So you're thinking that I, you know, the final the annual reports are posted, as I recall. So you think they're buried in they can be found in the annual reports or yes. Would you like to would you would you be interested in seeing some sort of aggregated report on that so we can make sense of it or just if that wouldn't be too if that wouldn't be too much? I I I I like trends. Okay, because just data points don't really do a whole lot without seeing patterns and trends. You know, we we could say this looks horrible and then look at five years past, and this looks great compared to that. Yeah, or it could be the opposite.

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