HARVARD – City Council members and Police Chief Dan Kazy-Garey dropped a proposed amendment to the anti-nepotism ordinance that would have allowed Kazy-Garey’s son to join the police department, Mayor Jay Nolan said.

The city received calls and letters from the residents who disapproved of changing the ordinance since the council discussed the amendment, which was to come up for a vote Tuesday.

“The proposal wasn’t very popular and we didn’t believe it was going anywhere,” Nolan said. “So everybody decided to drop it and go on.”