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Council moves to clarify Monroe code of ethics to include mayor and mayor pro tem; staff to review language
Summary
Council members discussed modernizing the city code of ethics, and a motion was made to amend the policy language to explicitly include the office of the mayor and mayor pro tem; city attorney advised the charter already defines the governing body to include the mayor.
Council members discussed updates to Monroe’s code of ethics on Oct. 14, focusing on whether the policy’s language should explicitly reference the office of the mayor and the mayor pro tem.
Council member Thompson said the 2010-drafted policy appears to reference “city council” and suggested adding wording to make the mayor’s office and the mayor pro tem explicitly subject to the code. The city attorney advised that the city charter defines the governing body as the mayor and council, and that the existing code already applies by charter definition; he added that explicit clarification could be added by friendly amendment.
Thompson moved to amend the code of ethics to include both the office of mayor and the office of mayor pro tem; the motion was seconded. Council discussion then turned to broader ethics topics, including conflicts-of-interest language, annual financial-disclosure statements and whether the city should adopt a disclosure template similar to Charlotte’s statement of economic interest.
A motion was made requesting staff research adding a conflicts-of-interest section and an annual financial-disclosure requirement; that motion was seconded. Council members asked staff and the city attorney to review Charlotte’s form and return recommended language.
The meeting transcript records motions and seconds for both the amendment to the code’s wording and for staff research, but it does not include a roll-call vote or a formal recorded tally in the transcript excerpt.
