Seven Madison Common Council members are backing a resolution to terminate Interim Independent Police Monitor Aeiramique Glass’s appointment, setting up a vote scheduled for Oct. 20. District 2 Alder Will Ochowicz introduced the resolution Tuesday night. Six colleagues joined as cosponsors: Council President Sabrina Madison and alders Derek Field, Regina Vidaver, Joann Pritchett, Yannette Figueora Cole and Tag Evers. The stated grounds include concerns about Glass’s performance of her duties, including her role as hiring manager for the permanent police monitor. District 18 Alder Carmella Glenn and District 12 Alder Julia Matthews were the only members to object to introducing the resolution that night. The seven public supporters would need four additional votes for it to pass, according to the report. The push to remove Glass comes amid a dispute over her office’s role in the investigation of the fatal, officer-involved shooting of Corey Ruiz. Glass subpoenaed the Madison Police Department and said the department had obstructed her inquiry by withholding evidence that had been provided to the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation, which is conducting an independent investigation. In a post on the city’s website, Glass cited Madison’s ordinance governing the Office of the Independent Police Monitor, which grants the office broad access to police records and other information needed to carry out its work, to argue that no law barred MPD from giving her the evidence. Ronal Serpas, a policing and oversight expert who has led law enforcement agencies and is now a criminology professor at Loyola University New Orleans, said constitutional protections can limit what a monitor may obtain while a criminal investigation is underway. An officer or employee, he said, cannot be compelled to discuss work connected to a criminal investigation in a way that could undermine the right against self-incrimination. The dispute has also raised questions about the independence and oversight of Glass’s position. Police Civilian Oversight Board Vice Chair Helyn Luisi-Mills warned in an email that the city could face a lawsuit, arguing that officials and staff cannot influence the monitor’s work and that the board, rather than city officials, is responsible for reviewing her. City ordinance bars officials from using their positions to undermine the monitor’s independence and calls for an annual board report on the monitor. City Attorney Michael Haas said his office’s recently released review of Glass’s employment was not intended to be a performance evaluation. The review was prepared at the council’s request, he said, and provided information about the position’s responsibilities and the office’s knowledge of Glass’s work. Haas said the council could conduct its own assessment and that his office was not recommending what action to take. The council’s decision will determine whether Glass remains in the interim role while the city’s civilian police oversight system faces scrutiny over its authority, independence and responsibilities during an active criminal investigation.