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Councilor Ward discloses Aberdeen Development Corporation client relationship; council plans resolution to address past votes
Summary
Councilman Ward disclosed that a company called Climate Control is a current client of the Aberdeen Development Corporation (ADC) and said he will abstain from city matters involving that client; council directed staff to draft a resolution to validate or invalidate past votes as appropriate, mirroring a 2019 precedent.
Councilman Ward told the Aberdeen City Council on March 17 that Climate Control is a current client of the Aberdeen Development Corporation (ADC) and that he has been an ADC employee since Nov. 12 of the previous year. Ward said he is working with staff to identify any votes he participated in that involved Climate Control and will abstain from city matters involving that client going forward.
Ward said he would recuse himself from related city matters and from the city bills list as a transparency measure. City legal staff and other council…
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