“We deem them both to be time-sensitive and wanted to give (the City Council) the opportunity to start working on them in a timely manner,” Findley said.

The recommendations are the first to formally come before the City Council after the ad hoc committee was formed in 2015 following the officer-involved shooting death of Tony Robinson. Robinson’s grandmother, Sharon Irwin, urged the City Council to accept the recommendations.

“This is the most important thing you can do to bring us into a place of being that is safe for all of us, including our police officers,” Irwin said. “We need to move forward and not be afraid or else another family will feel like mine.”

Though the ad hoc committee is developing a full report, it separated the two recommendations to consider first due to timing and budgetary concerns.

The independent monitor’s office and civilian review body would require funding, and the committee would like the proposal to be considered for the 2020 budget. Additionally, the city has an opportunity to apply to a national nonprofit research group to be included as a technical assistance site under a federal grant.