2010-02-10 Board of Ethics Minutes

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approving, and permitting should be considered regulatory employees who could have potential conflicts and should be required to file financial disclosures. Ms. Nicholson suggested changing (a)(4)(K) to (a)(4)(L), and inserting a new (a)(4)(K) to include any other regulatory employee with inspection duties. The Board also decided that all supervisors of inspectors should be included, since they also perform inspections and presumably are capable of performing the duties of the employees they are supervising. Inspectors would bring to their supervisors matters they had questions on. Ms. Schoen suggested the wording, "any other employee with inspection duties and their supervisors." The Board agreed. The members discussed whether to include their suggested Code changes in their response to the Mayor or in a separate letter. They decided to write a separate letter with their proposals, and to mention in their response to the Mayor that they would be doing so. Ms. Schoen was to draft a document with all the Board's proposals, including the new language for the financial disclosure section, for review at the next meeting, as it would be Ms. Nicholson's and Ms. Gentry's last due to the expiration of their terms. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Review and discussion of the Board's draft response to Mayor Kenoi's proposed amendments to the Ethics Code. Ms. Schoen was instructed to add language to the response to advise the Mayor that they were working on their own amendments to the Code, and to request that he keep the Board informed on when he submits his proposals to the Council so that they can do likewise with their proposals. Ms. Nicholson suggested adding to the first paragraph of the response that they hoped the Mayor will share their comments with the Council when he puts forth his recommendations. She noted that at the prior meeting, they had discussed and decided upon asking the Mayor do so. The Chair said he does not feel comfortable now asking the Mayor to do so and would rather copy the Council on their response or submit it as testimony when the proposals are being heard. Ms. Schoen said that she will need to be present when the proposals come before the Council, and she would welcome the presence of any Board members. The Chair said he would attend. Ms. Schoen and Ms. Lum pointed out a few typos to be corrected in the response. Ms. Nicholson said that at the previous meeting, and in the minutes, they had also wanted to provide examples in the response, particularly for Proposal 1. They decided to include the simple example of a child of a County employee being barred from contracting as a lifeguard.