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January 2& 2011
Members Present: Miriam Dant, Joe. Fiatt,. Dan Dutcher,..Bob Wallace
Guests: Judge Brian Poindexter, Tom Perkins, City Attorney Office
1. The meeting was called to order at 1 :1.0 pm by the President {Miriam Dant). A
quorum of four (4) members was present..
2. The first order of business was election of a new Secretary. Bob Wallace was
nominated and the vote was 3-0 in favor with Bob. abstaining.
3. There was discussion around the Cite Council. requesting the Board to make a
presentation at the 2 Meeting in March. As the city website is not up to date, it
is believed that meeting (as of this. writing) will be held on March. 21, 2011
beginning at 6pm. Several members •ofthe Board will attend in addition to the
President.
4. As the current Ethics ordinance does not directly address filing of an Ethics
Complaint by citizens, Bob suggested wording to add to the ordinance. After
discussion,. it was suggested that. something be. placed. on the.council "s main page.
delineating how a non -city employee could file a complaint through their Council
Representative.. Bob offered_ to write a draft_
S. Discussion was held concerning the Financial Disclosure statement process with
input from both Tom P. and Judge Poindexter. .As the .mayor has recently issued
an Executive Order detailing that all forms are to be turned. into HR. NLT
February 15, 2011, the Board secretary will get with there to pick up the forms
along with information on who has not turned one in..
6. After discussing several changes to the existing ordinance, there was a general
discussion of how far the board's authority goes in recommending changes to the
existing ordinance. ft was agreed that the Board only makes recommendations for
changes and that the council is the body that decides what the ordinance should
say. A consensus. was reached that the board would, during the March 21, 2011
presentation, verify with the Council how to proceed regarding recommended
changes to the ordinance. Items that the board wants to bring to the council s
attention for discussion, but for which specific changes are not being
recommended until clarification is received include:
a. The Disclosure Form. Process -will. this need to be included in.the rewrite
or will the Executive Order cover it,.
b. Finance Disclosure Form storage -the board will also need to check with
the Council as the current Ordinance requires them to be filed in a safe in
the Council room. Is this the proper place and is there room?
c. Definition of Family -is it too broad or too narrow?
d. Is the Gifts Honoraria definition, among others too vague?
7. Several recommended changes were offered and voted on 4 -0 in all cases to the
existing ordinance such as changing the amount;. based_ on input from Judge
Poindexter, of the fine for failing to file a Disclosure on time. Miriam will edit
(using Microsoft Office Track Changes, i.e. red line capability) the current
ordinance with those recommended changes. for distribution to tine COucnil prior
to the March 21,, 2011 meeting.
8. Joe requested that after the ordinance has been rewritten and passed that the board
look at revising.the Board's Procedural instructions to ensure: they agree.. It was.
moved, seconded and passed 4_0 that there be wording added that an
organizational meeting of the Board will occur in January, soon after new
_members are added.
9. Unless called sooner, the next- meeting will be in April.
1 Q. There being no further business the meeting ended at 2:30 pm.