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County ethics adviser reviews gift ban, conflicts and campaign rules in mandatory training
Summary
DuPage County ethics adviser Dan Hanlon led required annual ethics training for board members, emphasizing the gift ban, campaign contribution limits, conflict-of-interest disclosure and recusal procedures, and the role of the investigator general and ethics commission.
DuPage County’s ethics adviser, Dan Hanlon, led the board’s required annual ethics training during the Aug. 26 meeting and reviewed the ordinance’s key provisions, answering members’ questions about gifts, travel, honoraria and conflicts of interest.
Hanlon summarized the ordinance’s gift rules: a prohibited source is generally any person or entity that does business with the county; permissible exceptions include close friends or relatives, educational travel authorized as job-related, and items with cumulative value below the calendar-year statutory threshold. He said the ordinance does not define value in every case and advised caution: when in doubt, decline or return the gift.
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