No action taken at council meeting 10-19-2010

DESPITE AN OVER TWO HOUR EXECUTIVE SESSION THE GREENVILLE CITY COUNCIL TOOK NO ACTION TUESDAY NIGHT ON THE STATUS OF GREENVILLE'S SUSPENDED POLICE CHIEF. THE ISSUE OF CHIEF CHARLES PATTERSON WAS ON TUESDAY NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM IN THE PERSONNEL AREA. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE COUNCIL HAD TAKEN UP MATTER SINCE PATTERSON WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK AND THEN RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. ON MONDAY, PATTERSON, THROUGH HIS GREENVILLE ATTORNEY JOHNNY WALLS, ENTERED NOT-GUILTY PLEAS IN GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL COURT, TO THREE SIMPLE ASSAULT THREATENING MISDEMEANOR CHARGES STEMMING FROM A SEPTEMBER 4TH INCIDENT IN WHICH PATTERSON ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO SHOOT DOWN THREE WOMEN IN GREENVILLE. A TRIAL IN THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 2ND OF NEXT YEAR. THE COUNCIL WILL REVISIT THE MATTER AT A LATER DATE.