Ethics commission reports completion of municipal outreach; staff to resume trainings in September

The Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics on Aug. 7 said its staff completed in-person presentations to all municipalities and special districts under the commission’s jurisdiction and will resume that outreach starting in September. Executive Director provided the update during the commission’s brief regular meeting, noting recent presentations and a packed training schedule for the coming weeks.

The update matters because the commission’s outreach program trains local officials and employees on ethics rules and compliance, the Executive Director said. That direct engagement, staff told commissioners, yields more interactive learning than online-only courses.

Since the commission’s August meeting, staff made presentations at the Delray Beach Housing Authority, the Village of Palm Springs and the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, the Executive Director said. Staff also presented an in-person ethics training for employees of the town of Jupiter and two ethics trainings for the city of Greenacres. The Executive Director said Rhonda will be delivering nearly four consecutive weeks of in-person ethics training, and Liz has several outreach events scheduled, including participation in the Palm Beach County Department Fair later in the month.

Commissioners had no substantive comments on the staff update during the meeting. The commission approved the minutes from its Aug. 7 meeting and approved the agenda as published by voice vote; no roll-call vote totals were recorded in the transcript.

The meeting lasted about three minutes and 31 seconds, according to the clerk’s time stamp in the transcript. No public commenters were recorded. The commission did not take any new policy action at the session; staff outreach and training activities were presented for information only.