2015-05-13 Regular Session Minutes Board of Ethics

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Mr. Goodenow: I really understand and I agree with you in one sense. In fact, I first saw it on the agenda and my initial thought was well we should consolidate it with the other one and treat that way. At this point I mean we haven't been presented, we don't even know, I don't know whether he's actually filed them or not. It's been what I've read in the newspaper, but that's it. So given that there is no petition to really investigate though of course we could Sua sponte do that. At this time well let's make sure that we ask to have all/anything that is filed sent to us by Corporation Counsel. We ask him to double check, see if he wants to file anything and then go from there. This doesn't mean that it wouldn't be on a subsequent agenda. I agree if in the course of an investigation of the other petition 2015-03 it appears to us when reviewing that, that hey maybe this should've been a gift well then it might be appropriate to on our own you know add that to the petition. My initial feeling was I really don't have anything before me except the newspaper reports. I think because of that I suggest we proceed by just requesting the Mayor to review it and submit any disclosures if he has any and take it from there at the next meeting or when we next review it. Mr. Adams: When you say the Mayor do you mean the Mayor's office? What exactly are you asking for? Mr. Goodenow: Well it says for reporting of gifts every officer right. It would be specifically that he. Mr. Adams; So what you're looking just so that is understand you're looking for the statements from the time he took office. Right. So we'd be looking at six (6) or seven (7) statements, six (6) office statements right. Mr. Goodenow: Whatever he feels is appropriate to file right. I can understand maybe his Counsel will/might feel that they don't want to disclose anything so at this time I understand that, but we should hear from them. At this point. Mr. Adams: If can ask Counsel a question. Is there a requirement, I'm not sure that there is but I just want to verify is there a requirement that we have something that we do something to request this information. We don't have to have any type of inquiry under way, we can simply ask for the information.