MIN CHARTER 2018-07-13 (2018-2020)

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Charter Commission -1 July 13, 2018 (2), the officer or employee has obtained an opinion from the Board of Ethics that there is no conflict of interest resulting from the officer or employee's position with the County. I'm not going to read the rest of that paragraph. But basically, what this means is that if you have anyone in your immediate family that is intending to bid on a contract with the County, then you need to check with the Board of Ethics to make sure that it's okay. Mr. Adams, did I get that right? CHR. ADAMS: That's right and at least while I was on the Board of Ethics, what that meant also was that it's the County employee, officer or employee that actually has to make that petition, to make sure that the family member is, in this case, is okay with the Board of Ethics and the rules that are here. MS. RICE: I have a question. CHR. ADAMS: Please. MS. RICE: Commissioner Rice. I'm on a nonprofit and we are writing grants to the County for our projects. Does that present a problem? Because I'm the Chair of the project that we are soliciting money from the County for. MR. YOSHIMOTO: We could talk further offline, but my initial impression is no, that wouldn't apply because this particular privilege applies for contracts for sales and goods and services. Your situation talks about a grant, which MS. RICE: It's a 501(c). MR. YOSHIMOTO: 501(c)(3), so, I believe that would be outside of the scope of these provisions. Mr. Adams, I don't know if he wants to CHR. ADAMS: I would—I think that I need to, at this point, let the Board of Ethics do its job and so, if there was a question, they'd probably should answer that. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Right, but we can talk further, offline, about MS. RICE: Okay. So, what should I do about that? MR. YOSHIMOTO: We can talk. Why don't we talk after? MS. RICE: Okay, thank you. MS. LEITHEAD TODD: Just for clarification, is there a definition of the immediate family member? Page 29