PALM BEACH COUNTY — At its monthly meeting, the Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics approved minutes from its March 6, 2025, session and accepted a processed advisory opinion identified in the agenda as 25-4, then heard reports from the executive director about recent outreach and plans to form an ordinance review committee.

The actions were taken by voice vote after brief motions. The commission approved the March 6 minutes after a motion and second; the chair declared the minutes "passed and accepted." Later the commission approved the processed advisory opinion 25-4 after a separate motion and second; the chair recorded the action as "accepted and uphold." No individual roll-call votes were recorded in the meeting transcript and no public speakers addressed those items.

The executive director reported that the commission received Ethics Awareness Month proclamations from the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and from the City of Palm Beach Gardens. The director said staff participated in outreach events in March, including an event with the Lions Club of Boca Raton and a vendor open house in Palm Beach Gardens, and attended municipal meetings in the towns of Loxahatchee Groves, Haverhill and Lake Park. "In March, the Commission on Ethics received the Ethics Awareness Month proclamation from the BCC, which, Commissioner Marcy Woodward kindly presented to us," the executive director said.

The executive director told commissioners the office is working with county administration to form a Commission on Ethics review committee to update the county’s Commission on Ethics ordinance in response to a referenced state Senate bill. The director described the planned committee makeup and timing: two BCC appointees, two appointees from the League of Cities and that organization’s general counsel, the county attorney or the county attorney’s designee, and the executive director. "It's just gonna make the the changes so that we're in compliance," the executive director said when asked whether the review would focus solely on the state-related changes.

There were no public comments during the meeting on these items. The commission moved to adjourn shortly after the executive director’s report and closed the meeting by voice vote.

Votes at a glance: Minutes (03/06/2025) — Motion to approve; second; approved by voice vote. Processed advisory opinion 25-4 — Motion to approve; second; approved by voice vote. The transcript did not record maker/second by name or individual roll-call tallies.