Draft code would formalize confidential complaint screening and quasi-judicial hearings
The draft ordinance would make initial complaint screening confidential, give the ethics chair (or designee) authority to conduct probable-cause screening and, after probable cause is found, open hearings with specified procedures and possible time limits; the board asked the attorney to add time-limit language and clarify when records become public.
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The board reviewed proposed complaint procedures that create a two-stage process: confidential screening to determine probable cause, followed by public prehearing and hearing stages if probable cause is found. Attorney Joe Levesque emphasized confidentiality during initial screening and said that if probable cause is found the matter and associated materials become public and a prehearing conference must be scheduled.
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