HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-10-17 City Commission Packet Materials - A8. Removal of Board Members with Incomplete 2016 Ethics Training
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Robin Crough, City Clerk
Anna Rosenberry, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Removal of Citizen Advisory Board Members with Incomplete 2016 Ethics Training
MEETING DATE: April 10, 2017
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Action
RECOMMENDATION: Remove the two Citizen Advisory Board members that did not
complete the annual 2016 City of Bozeman ethics training for all city officials, city boards and employees.
RECOMMEND MOTION: I move to remove Daniel Doehring from the Northeast Urban
Renewal Board with a term expiring July 31, 2017, and Sandra Hodge from the Bozeman Tourism
Business Improvement District with a term expiring on July 31, 2017.
BACKGROUND: The City Charter (Section 7.01(b)) requires the City Commission to appropriate sufficient funds annually to the City Manager so that all city officials, city boards, and
employees complete an annual ethics training regarding state and city ethics codes.
This year’s training was an in-person training conducted by the Montana State University Local
Government Center. The City Clerk’s Office coordinated four trainings over the course of October
and November 2016 with board-specific content. In order to provide an opportunity for all members to participate, a make-up session was also conducted in December 2016. Weekly emails were sent out to ensure all board members participated. The Deputy Clerk also called individuals
to encourage attendance, and staff liaisons were contacted to communicate this requirement with
their boards. As of March 2017, since there was still a handful of members yet to complete the training, the online ethics training from 2015 was made available and resent for members to complete by March 27th, 2017.
In September of 2012, with the passage of Ordinance No. 1833, the Bozeman Municipal Code was
amended to include a statement that the City Clerk shall forward to the Commission annually a list
of appointed officials who fail to take the required training under Bozeman Municipal Code
section 2.03.600.A.14(b) and the Charter. The Commission may remove an appointed official for failing to comply.
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The City Clerk does not have record of the following two individuals completing the in-person
training in the fall of 2016, and has also confirmed with MSU Extension that they did not create
an account or complete the final online training:
Name Board Term Expiring
Daniel Doehring Northeast Urban Renewal
Board
July 31, 2017
Sandra Hodge Bozeman Tourism Business Improvement District July 31, 2017
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None.
ALTERNATIVES: Do not remove the Citizen Advisory Board members from their respective appointments.
FISCAL EFFECTS: None.
Attachments: None
Report compiled on: 4/3/2017
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