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a. Review of Gift Disclosure Statement received from the following County officer <br />or employees: <br />(1) Brenda J. Ford <br />Mr. Balsis: Let's continue with a new business, there is a review of the gift <br />disclosure received from the following County officer that's <br />Brenda J. Ford. We'll take a moment to pass this on. <br />Mr. Adams: Mr. Chair <br />Mr. Balsis: Yes. <br />Mr. Adams: So this is from Council member Ford. <br />Mr. Balsis: That is correct and it's purely a gift disclosure, it's not a full <br />financial disclosure. <br />Mr. Adams: But Council member Ford is no longer a member of the Council. <br />Mr. Balsis: Good point. <br />Mr. Balsis: Can I ask our counsel why we received this? <br />Ms. Schoen: Probably because the report, the gift disclosure would cover the <br />period from June of the preceding calendar year thru May 31. So <br />she's probably filing for that time period before she left. <br />Mr. Henricks: Also Mr. Adams, also because we don't have any jurisdiction once <br />she leaves it. There's only criminal penalties that would still <br />apply. <br />Mr. Adam: So it's not a, I understand that part. I understand that we're <br />probably looking at a gift received during the time that she was in. <br />But still the question is she's no longer a member and I thought the <br />precedent that this Board set on another matter was that it didn't <br />matter whether the occurrence had occurred during a council <br />members' term. <br />Mr. Henricks: That's just what I just said. It may not matter to us as a far as <br />violating this Ethics Code but it may matter as far as in criminal <br />violation. We're not recording this. That would still be a <br />jurisdictional issue there. <br />Mr. Balsis; So therefore, we will be just accepting this. <br />