One month after the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown sparked national outrage and a string of protests, elected officials in Ferguson, Missouri are taking steps to mend the severed relationship between police and the community.

Last month, a number of protests were held in Ferguson following Brown's death on Aug. 9. The police department says that Brown reached for Officer Darren Wilson's weapon before he was fatally shot, however several witnesses claim the 18-year-old African-American boy was shot execution style while he was trying to surrender.

Now that protests and national media attention over the controversial incident has died down, Ferguson city officials plan to unveil changes that that will add transparency and improve police relations with the citizens of Ferguson, reports the Associated Press.

"The overall goal of these changes is to improve trust within the community and increase transparency, particularly within Ferguson's courts and police department," says Council Member Mark Byrne in a press release. "We want to demonstrate to residents that we take their concerns extremely seriously. That's why we're initiating new changes within our local police force and in our courts."

Included in the plans is a Citizens Review Board that will provide oversight and guidance for Ferguson police.

Elected officials will also introduce a measure that would keep budgeted court fines at or below 15 percent of the city's overall revenue.

In addition, "the Council will be introducing an ordinance that will repeal the separate offense of 'Failure to Appear' in Municipal Court. So, defendants who fail to appear will no longer be charged with or fined for failing to appear in Municipal Court," states the press release.

The plans will be discussed publicly during the Ferguson City Council meeting Tuesday evening.

"They need something that's independent of them, independent of the people they have to answer to, to say, 'Hey, we're going to look into these allegations, and we're going to call you on the things that aren't right,'" said Derek Laney with Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment, according to CBS St. Louis.