Rules committee refers Ordinance 6016 banning knowingly false statements by county employees to full legislature

At 1:06 p.m., the Jackson County Legislature Rules Committee voted to refer Ordinance 6016 — a proposed change that would bar county employees from knowingly making false statements — to the full Jackson County Legislature without a committee recommendation, while urging amendments to the draft and suggesting the committee’s desire for immediate effect if legally permissible.

The ordinance as introduced would amend the county code of conduct. Committee member Whitney Miller, a representative of the county counselor’s office, told the panel that the underlying ethics code is located in a separate part of the county code. "The ethics code is actually section 9, whereas section 74 is what outlines the ... procedures if there's a violation of the ethics code, but the code itself is in a different chapter," Miller said,…