New members selected for Iowa City s Truth and Reconciliation Commission thegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
IOWA CITY The Iowa City Council suspended its Truth and Reconciliation Commission for four weeks and plans on a joint meeting with the group once vacancies are filled.
Following two hours of public comment and another hour of council discussion, the council around midnight Wednesday voted 5-2 to suspend the commission until April 15.
During the suspension, the council will seek to replace three members who resigned from the commission. Some council members argued four weeks was not enough time while others responded to demands from the public that clear benchmarks be set for the commission’s return.
“This grieves me to my core that I, as a Black sitting mayor, have come before this council and asked for a suspension,” Mayor Bruce Teague said. “I am totally committed to the charge of the TRC.”
03/12/21
A City Councilor is proposing that the newly created Iowa City Truth and Reconciliation Commission be suspended after a rocky start.
Laura Bergus spoke to the Daily Iowan this week and emailed the council with her proposal to be considered for the upcoming City Council meeting. She added that she reached out to three members of the commission, including current chair Mohammed Traore to inform them of her intentions.
When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission met last week, Johnson County Supervisor Royceann Porter resigned from her chair position. Some Commission members accused Porter of creating a “hostile work environment” within the group, and they accused Porter of being openly hostile to members of the public. During a February 16
Following resignations, Iowa City s Truth and Reconciliation Commission could be temporarily suspended thegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.