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soon as possible. I thought the minutes were, the draft minutes, <br /> were clear as to what was being recommended. Okay, so the <br /> second thing was Amy Self recommended that the Board request a <br /> formal opinion regarding whether the...we could propose a code <br /> revisions without the charter having to be amended first. And if <br /> you recall. Let me find the motion here in our draft minutes. <br /> Okay, yes and we actually moved to get a formal opinion from <br /> Corporation Counsel regarding whether current charter language <br /> prohibits code revisions to allow the board of ethics to impose civil <br /> fines. All members voted aye. So I don't know the status of that <br /> Mr. Yoshimoto. If you could brief us. <br /> Mr. Yoshimoto: Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So I will be working on that <br /> formal opinion. I don't know if this came up in the past but you <br /> know my initial reading of the charter is that...there's already a <br /> penalty provision in 14-6 which authorizes the council to pass by <br /> ordinance, any such penalty it sees fits. So I think that language is <br /> broad enough. But if the Board wants us to issue a written <br /> opinion...we can do that. <br /> Mr. Goodenow: Your colleague, Ms. Self, did recommend we request a formal <br /> opinion so we did. I guess we can wait on that. I don't know, I <br /> leave it to the Board. We have two options. One, we wait for the <br /> formal opinion and then we go through these proposed code <br /> amendments that we're going to ask the county council to <br /> implement or to adopt...I mean to introduce an ordinance. Ah <br /> sorry, introduce a bill. We can do that now or we can wait and <br /> then do that at the next meeting. Or we could forego the formal <br /> opinion and based Mr. Yoshimoto's oral opinion, proceed with <br /> looking at revisions. But, I know we did vote to have a formal <br /> opinion, I kind of think we should have one. <br /> Mr. Yoshimoto: That's fine but my thought is that though...as far as the rules are <br /> concerned though...the Board is moving forward with... <br /> Mr. Goodenow: The problem with the rules was that they have to track the code. <br /> And the code...the whole set up is that the department or the <br /> agency has the chapter 91 hearing...not the board of ethics. So <br /> because of that, we really had to put the rules on hold. You were <br /> absent at the last meeting. So that's what...the conclusion was that <br /> we can't. We did do the draft...and it's not complete as far as the <br /> final two rules 8 and 9. We have to put in the penalty provision in <br /> the financial disclosure segment. But...I think the best course of <br /> action is to get a formal opinion and then at our next meeting...go <br /> through the code. That also gives members of the public or other <br /> members who wanna look at the code, to chime in on that. But this <br /> 7 <br />