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Approved Minutes

Public Safety Commission Meeting Minutes Monday, October 6, 2025 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES Monday, October 6, 2025 The Public Safety Commission convened in a regular called meeting on Monday, October 6, 2025, at Austin City Hall, Boards and Commissions Room, 301 W 2nd Street in Austin, Texas. Vice Chair Ruttan called the Public Safety Commission Meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Tim Ruttan, Vice Chair Rebecca Bernhardt Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Nelly Paulina Ramírez, Chair Enrique Duran II Kimberly Hidrogo David Holmes Pierre Nguyễn Kristy Orr Michael Sierra-Arévalo PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Public Safety Commission regular meeting on September 8, 2025. The motion to approve the minutes from the meeting on September 8, 2025, was approved on Commissioner Bernhardt motion, Chair Ramírez’s second on a 6-0 vote. Commissioners Hidrogo, Nguyễn, and Sierra-Arévalo were off the dais. Commissioners Carroll and Smith were absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 3. Presentation regarding severe weather preparedness and evacuation planning. Presentation by Jim Redick, Director, Homeland Security and Emergency Management. The presentation was made by Jim Redick, Director, Austin Emergency Management. 1 Public Safety Commission Meeting Minutes Monday, October 6, 2025 2. Public Safety Quarterly Report, including an update on car burglaries and the G-File Public Information Requests, Austin Police Department. The presentation was made by Robin Henderson, Chief of Staff, Austin Police. WORKING GROUP UPDATES 4. Update from the Public Safety Commission’s Collective Sex Crimes Response Model Working Group on the progress, risks, and adjustments to reporting schedule of data. Chair Ramírez provided an update. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 6. Approve the Public Safety Commission’s 2026 Regular Meeting Schedule. The motion to amend the Public Safety Commission’s 2026 Regular Meeting Schedule and replace September 14, 2026, with September 8, 2026, was approved on Commissioner Bernhardt’s motion, Commissioner Nguyễn’s second on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Carroll and Smith were absent. The motion to approve the Public Safety Commission’s 2026 Regular Meeting Schedule as amended above was approved on Commissioner Nguyễn’s motion, Commissioner Sierra-Arévalo’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Carroll and Smith were absent. 5. Approve a Recommendation to Council regarding implementation, tracking, and transparency of recommendations made for Austin Police Department’s Cadet Training Academy. The motion to approve the Recommendation to Council regarding implementation, tracking, and transparency of recommendations made for Austin Police Department’s Cadet Training Academy was made by Commissioner Bernhardt and seconded by Chair Ramírez. An amendment was made by Vice Chair Ruttan and seconded by Commissioner Bernhardt. The amendment was to revise the second bullet point in the “Be It Further Resolved” section and add “, pertinent to the Cadet Training Academy;” after the word “recommendations.” The amendment was approved on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Carroll and Smith were absent. An amendment was made by Commissioner Sierra-Arévalo and seconded by Chair Ramírez. The amendment was to revise the “Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved” section and remove “no changes” and add “not reassigning current staff of officers at Cadet Training Academy.” 2 Public Safety Commission Meeting Minutes Monday, October 6, 2025 The amendment was approved on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Carroll and Smith were absent. The motion to approve the Recommendation to Council regarding implementation, tracking, and transparency of recommendations as amended was approved on Commissioner Bernhardt’s motion, Chair Ramírez’s second on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Carroll and Smith were absent. 7. Approve a Public Safety Commission representative to the Downtown Commission. The motion approve Commissioner Bernhardt as the Public Safety Commission representative to the Downtown Commission was approved on Chair Ramírez’s motion, Commissioner Sierra-Arévalo’s second, on a vote of 8-0. Commissioner Nguyễn abstained. Commissioners Carroll and Smith were absent. 8. Approve updates to the membership of the Bylaws Working Group. The motion to approve the replacement of Commissioner Bernhardt with Chair Ramírez to the membership of the Bylaws Working Group was approved on Commissioner Nguyễn’s motion, Commissioner Bernhardt’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Carroll and Smith were absent. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None ADJOURNMENT Vice Chair Ruttan adjourned the meeting at 5:59 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the November 3, 2025, meeting on Commissioner Duran’s motion, Commissioner Holmes’ second, on an 8-0 vote. Commissioners Carroll, Orr, and Smith were absent. 3