2007-10-10 Board of Ethics Minutes mc

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Ms. Lum said an additional supply is needed to give to new employees and that it should be on the checklist of documents to provide them. Ms. Nicholson asked whether all board and commission members are to get copies, and Mr. Ashida said yes. Mr. Dill asked what it would take to get the booklet on the website, and Mr. Ashida said he could take care of that. Mr. Ashida said he just needed direction. The Chair directed the agenda to new business, as Ron Whitmore arrived. 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Petition No. 2007 -08: Ron Whitmore is seeking an informal advisory opinion regarding whether he can be a planner with the Planning Department while he is currently engaged as a consultant for a non - profit organization on a matter involving the County's Department of Research and Development. 2 CHAIR: Will you come up and take a seat here, please? And Mr. Whitmore, if you don't mind I've read your petition, and we all have, but if you could just give us some background on your status and why you're petitioning the Board. WHITMORE: Sure. Good morning, and first I want to thank you for taking time on your agenda to hear my petition. LUM.• Oh, excuse me, Mr. Chairman, is this a closed hearing with the Board? CHAIR: Do you need a closed hearing? LUM: He requested it. NICHOLSON: He requested a closed hearing. WHITMORE: I did, at the advice of Corporation Counsel. CHAIR: But do you need a closed hearing? Look around the room. WHITMORE: It doesn't look like it. I honestly don't know the difference between a closed hearing and CHAIR: - -Okay, I'm personally expecting a guest within the next twenty, thirty minutes. Would that bother you? WHITMORE: No, there's really nothing sensitive about the nature of my petition. 2 This portion of the minutes is verbatim. IN