Wayne County task force reviews sweeping ethics ordinance rewrite

Oct 2, 2026

The Wayne County Ethics Task Force conducted a line-by-line review of a revised ethics ordinance that raises certain gift thresholds, lowers financial-interest reporting levels and adds cooperation and disclosure requirements; members flagged subpoena, enforcement and personnel-policy gaps and set a follow-up meeting.

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The Wayne County Ethics Task Force met to review a substantially revised draft ethics ordinance, starting with page 3 of the draft and proceeding clause by clause. Chair Wilson opened the meeting and said the group would "go through the items" and asked members to raise concerns on specific language.

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