Brooklyn Center City Hall Shakeup: City Manager Curt Boganey Fired
A day after an officer shot and killed a 20-year-old Black man in Brooklyn Center, the mayor announced changes at city hall.
In an emergency city council meeting Monday afternoon, the council voted 4-1 to fire city manager Curt Boganey. Council member Dan Ryan is the only council member who voted against. According to his LinkedIn profile, Boganey has been with the city since 2003.
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Mayor Mike Elliott tweeted about the firing.
Effective immediately our city manager has been relieved of his duties, and the deputy city manager will be assuming his duties moving forward. I will continue to work my hardest to ensure good leadership at all levels of our city government.
— Mayor Mike Elliott (@mayor_elliott) April 12, 2021
This news can shortly after Elliott tweeted again about taking control of the police department.
Moments ago the council passed a motion 3-2 to give command authority over our Police Department to my office. At such a tough time, this will streamline things and establish a chain of command and leadership. I appreciate the other councilmembers who voted to approve this motion pic.twitter.com/qa1cWMurkI
— Mayor Mike Elliott (@mayor_elliott) April 12, 2021
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