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program administrator, which oversees their services. When she became CEO, her duties changed to include fiscal responsibilities, financial management, and event planning, yet she also still had her previous duties of supervising staff and making sure adequate and quality services were brought to their clients. The people they serve include people coming out of jail, people on the streets, and people in shelters. Basically, her role expanded without anyone being hired to take on her old role. Her organization severely needed additional help, as the quality of their work was being jeopardized. So in early 2012 she began engaging with her board for additional assistance, and she got support to create a new position. The title started out as administrator but has since changed to director of operations. They needed someone who could do what she had done—grant writing, program development, and delivery of services. They needed to bring up the scale of the middle managers so they could manage the various departments instead of her. So they advertised the opening in June of 2012 in the newspaper and received a small response. They selected candidates to interview, and Mr. McComber was the strongest candidate. <br /> <br /> Mr. Balsis asked Ms. Schoen whether they needed to vote on this matter or just provide an opinion, and Ms. Schoen said they needed to decide on whether Mr. McComber was in conflict. <br /> <br /> Mr. Henricks said the question was whether it is a violation of Section 2-91.2, because using the word “conflict” opens it up to all kinds of stuff. They needed to stay with the Code. <br /> <br /> Motion: Mr. Henricks moved that the Board find no violation of Section 2-91.2 as stated by the evidence produced at this time. Mr. Hisashima seconded the motion. <br /> <br /> Mr. Balsis asked if there was any further discussion on the motion, and there was none. <br /> <br /> Vote: Mr. Balsis, Mr. Henricks, and Mr. Hisashima voted aye. The motion passed. <br /> <br /> Mr. McComber asked whether the earlier reference to Section 2-85(b) needed to be included in the vote. Ms. Schoen said that section deals with contracts that the County is prohibited from entering into, and read it: “A County agency shall not enter into a contract with any person or business which represented or assisted personally in the matter by a person who has been an employee of the agency within the preceding two years and who participated while in County office or employment in the matter with which the contract is directly concerned.” The question is whether Mr. McComber personally participated in the contract while employed by the County, and if so, whether his participation directly related to the upcoming contract which could ultimately be obtained. <br /> <br /> Mr. Henricks said it was his understanding that the current contract is going to be terminated by the time the new one is entered to. It will be the same type of contract, but not the same contract. <br /> <br /> Mr. Balsis said that Mr. McComber had mentioned that the new contract will have similarities, but will also have a much wider scope. <br /> <br /> Mr. Hisashima said people cannot predict what they will be doing two years in the future. He asked who reviews contracts for the legal aspect. Ms. Schoen said that a department itself