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Attorney recommends routine conflict-of-interest self-assessments at council start
Summary
The city attorney recommended adding a brief, agenda-start self-assessment for conflicts of interest so council members declare recusals up front; she reviewed examples and cautioned about council members appearing before quasi-judicial city bodies.
City Attorney Lisa recommended the council add a short, agenda-start item asking members to disclose any conflicts of interest on items before the council. "I would like to have it on the city council agenda that there is some sort of right at the beginning, a self assessment of anything that's on the agenda," she told the council.
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