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Meeting Minutes
January 30, 2013
1. The meeting of the Carmel Ethics Board was brought to order at 6:09 pm by Chainnan
Dan Dutcher.
2. Present were members Mr. Dan Dutcher, Ms Miriam Dant, Mr. Bruce Breeden, and
Mr. Bob Wallace. Absent was member Ms Sarann Warner. Ms Ashley Ulbricht from the
City Attorney's office attended.
3. Mr. Dutcher welcomed new member Mr. Breeden as the mayoral republican appointee
to the commission. With Mr. Breeden's appointment, the commission is now at full
membership.
4. Minutes from the July 24, 2012 meeting were presented for approval. A motion to
approve was made by Mr. Dutcher, seconded by Mr. Wallace. The vote was 3 -0 -1 with
Mr. Breeden abstaining. Mr. Wallace indicated he would forward the approved minutes
to commission members and the Clerk Treasurer for inclusion in Laser Fiche.
5. A discussion of the revised Ethics Ordinance was held. All modifications /scrivener
errors were captured by Ms Ulbricht. The board then discussed several potential
amendments to the ordinance. At the end of the discussion, at the request of Mr. Dutcher,
Mr. Wallace repeated the discussed modifications and these were confirmed by Ms
Ulbricht. A motion to approve the new ordinance as revised, in concept, subject to final
implementation of those changes by the city attorney and approval in written form by the
board, was made by Mr. Wallace, seconded by Ms Dant. Discussion then occurred
around the timing required to make the corrections /modifications and the city attorney
having the final ordinance ready for formal commission approval and submission to the
city council. The agreement made by Ms Ulbricht, based in part on the city attorney's
schedule, was to have the revisions implemented in a clean Word document and
forwarded electronically to commission members by the city attorney's office by
Februaryl5, 2013. A discussion was also held regarding timing of placing items on the
council's agenda. It was moved and seconded 4 -0 to schedule the next Ethics
Commission meeting February 19, 2013 at 6pm in the Caucus room to review and give
final approval of the clean ordinance for council submission. The new ordinance, after
said approval, will be forwarded to the council for anticipated inclusion on their agenda
at their March 4, 2013 meeting.
6. A brief discussion was held concerning a mandated meeting, by current ordinance, in
April to review Economic Disclosure forms and election of new commission officers.
This was tabled for further discussion until the February 19, 2013 meeting.
7. There being no more business to come before the commission, a motion to adjourn
was made by Ms Dant and seconded by Mr. Breeden. It passed 4 -0. The meeting was
adjourned at 7:45pm.
Respectfully submitted
Bob Wallace
Ethics Commission Secretary