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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF METROPOLITAN POLICE COMMISSIONERS MARCH 20, 199/ The Town of Mooresville Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners met at the Town Hall, 26 S. Indiana St., on March 20, I997 with Commissioners Thomas Warthen, Dr. Dennis Knierim and Dr. Richard Soughers all being present along with the Counsel for the Board Timothy C. Currens and Chief Town Marshall Tim Viles and Lieutenant Larry Mason also being present. The meeting was called to order and the Commissioners agreed to appoint Thomas Warthen as the Commissioner to chair the meetings. The Commission then agreed to set a regular meeting date of the third Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. The Commissioners instructed Chief Viles to prepare an Agenda for the meetings and to copy Town Council Member Jim Hensley with the Agenda. They also instructed Chief Viles to report directly to the Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners who would in turn communicate to Council Member Sim Hensley of departmental issues. The Board then proceeded to the appointment of Police Officers and civilian Police Department employees. A motion was made by Dr. Richard Soughers to approve the written Appointments. The same was seconded by Thomas Warthen and unanimously carried. These Appointments will be forwarded to the Town Council for final approval. The Board also appointed Tim Viles as Police Chief subject to the approval of the Town Council. The next item on the Agenda was operating procedures and Tim Viles advised that he had been reviewing new drafts of operating procedures and would have ten (10) sections ready for them by the next meeting. He advised that he would provide approximately ten (10) sections at each meeting and estimated two (2) to three (3) months for a complete review. He also discussed the need for replacing Off'tcer Tim Cummins who is resigning and going to the State