HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-27-10 Board of Ethics MinutesMINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ETHICS
BOZEMAN, MONTANA
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Please Note The audio recording of this meeting is available. These minutes are not word
- word and should be considered in addition to the audio of the meeting.
The Board of Ethics of the City of Bozeman met in the Gallatin room, City Hall at 121 North
Rouse on Wednesday, April 27, 2010. Present was Board members Melissa Frost, 'Stephen
Schultz and Rodger McCormick, City Attorney Greg Sullivan, and Deputy City Clerk Aimee
Kissel.
A. Meeting Called to Order
Chairperson Melissa Frost called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m.
B. Public Comment
Melissa Frost opened public comment.
C. Disclosure of information or comments received.
None
D. Approve Minutes for February 24, 2010 and April 7, 2010. .
Motion to approve the minutes from February 10 Februa 24`" and April 7 2010.
It was moved by Stephen Schultz seconded by Rodger McCormick to a rove the minutes from
February 10, February 24 and April 7, 2010.
Those voting Ave being Stephen Schultz, Rodger McCormick and Melissa Frost
Those voting No being none.
The motion passed 3 -0.
E. Discussion and /or decisions regarding draft of the ethics handbook.
• The Board went over what was accomplished regarding the draft at the last meeting.
• Once comments are received back on the draft possibly have Paul Lachapelle compile
comments that come in.
0 The board would like the date of the Commission adoption added to the front page of the
handbook.
• Need a copy editor deal with things like when to capitalize — for example
• Section 2: First Line - In addition to the city code all city employees and officials are also
subject to the State of Montana Code of Ethics. Delete many from second sentence.
• Section 4: Change the order of the bullets — to 5, 3, 1, 2, 4.
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* Section 4: Second bullet has typo — policies.
® Section 4: take out the word two in the P sentence.
a Section 5: Consistent spacing on bullets.
• Section 5: Last sentence — semicolon should be a period.
• Section 7: Move last sentence of the last paragraph to the first sentence of the last
paragraph, removing the word, generally.
• Section 8: Remove semicolon from the last paragraph replacing with period.
• Section 8: Last paragraph replace 'a duty' with the word 'obligation'.
• Section 9: Split first paragraph in two — Second paragraph start with 'The question,,.'
• Section 9: Typo in new paragraph two — depart for should be depart from.
• Section 10: Second paragraph — take out word provide saying instead 'contract for
services'.
• Section 12: Second paragraph — recuse mis-spelled as recues
• Section 12: Formatting discussion regarding the use of his and her — Later ideas to make
this sound better?
• Section 13: 0' paragraph, first sentence should say, 'The Code of Ethics further states...
• Section 13: Last paragraph should say, `...improper governmental action because a
repoi4ing person dissei4s frem a disagrees...'
• Section 13: Should Montana State Law be capitalized throughout or not?
• Section 14. Second paragraph, first sentence should say, "Another important provision of
state law applicable to employees and officials is the requirement that they may not....
• Section 14 Second paragraph, third sentence should start with 'Employees and officials
must also...
• Section 14: Third paragraph, second sentence should start, 'This provision does not
absolve...'
• Section 14: Third paragraph, third sentence take out, 'This does not include..,'
• Section 14: Third paragraph change fourth sentence to: 'As stated in Section 11 the
prohibition on post-employment activity in the City's Code of Ethics lasts for twelve
months unless disclosed.'
• Section 15: City as a small c.
• Section 16: Move local government center to second resource.
• Section 16: Any other resources to add?
• Section 16: Take out first sentence completely. Change second to: 'The following is a
partial list of resources....
• Section 16: First resource to be listed should be the Board of Ethics website url. (Simplify
url with IT?)
• Section 18: Is the actual question being answered?
• Section 18: Remove second sentence. Add: "Any member of the public may file a
complaint with the Board of Ethics.
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W Section 18: Place the last sentence in paragraph 1 as the last sentence in section 4.
Next Steps:
• Ms. Kissel revises draft.
• Talk with Paul about setting up a copy editor to look at our draft the week of May 24 —
28 Return from copy editor by June 1'
• E -mail revision to board.
• Take new draft to the Tuesday May 4' staff meeting to disperse for comments, etc.
• Take new draft to others mentioned during last meeting for comments.
• Take comments back to the board.
• Make revisions.
• Take next draft to copy editor the week of May 4 -28
• Copy editor return draft by June I"'?
F. New Business
Stephen Schultz to work on the board website with Marina Kroh.
G. Discussion and /or decisions regarding changing the night of the regularly scheduled
meetings.
• The next meeting will take place on Thursday, May 20` at 3 p.m.
• The board will make a decision regarding a regularly scheduled day and times at a future
meeting as personal summer schedules are currently unknown.
• Melissa Frost announced she will be gone the Ias we6sof July, all of August and two
weeks in September.
I. Adjourn
Motion and Vote to adjourn the meetingat 7:58.
It was moved by Stephen Schultz, seconded by Rodger McCormick to adjourn the meeting
Those voting Ave being ',Stephen Schultz, Rodger McCormick and Melissa Frost.
Those voting; No being none.
The motion passed 3 -0.
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Meeting adjourned at 7 :58 p.m.
Prepared by:
Aimee kissel, Deputy City Clerk
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