Wicked Local
In reviewing three candidates for the police reserve list, to fill current vacancies in the Somerville Police Department, a City Council committee voted against confirming the first name on the list.
On Feb. 2, all five councilors on the Confirmation of Appointments and Personnel Matters committee voted against appointing Matthew Fairchild to the police reserve list. The other two candidates, Giovanna Lorenzet Marin and Jose DaCosta, were approved in a 3-2 vote.
While police reserve list appointments have been a simple process in the past, the meeting played out like a slow motion drama.
The committee began by interviewing candidates in open session, before breaking for executive session to address protected personnel matters.