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Ethics board dismisses complaint over homelessness services, says allegations fall outside its authority
Summary
The Davidson County Board of Ethical Conduct voted unanimously Aug. 11 to dismiss an ethics complaint filed by Justice Patterson against the Office of Homeless Services, the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) and Strobel House after the county Department of Law told the board the named parties and the allegations do not fall within the board’s statutory jurisdiction.
The Davidson County Board of Ethical Conduct voted unanimously Aug. 11 to dismiss an ethics complaint filed by Justice Patterson against the Office of Homeless Services, the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) and Strobel House after the county Department of Law told the board the named parties and the allegations do not fall within the board’s statutory jurisdiction.
Board members said the decision rests on two legal limits: the board can take complaints only against individual elected officials or appointed members of boards, commissions or authorities, and the county’s ethics code lists specific misconduct the board may investigate. Department of Law counsel summarized that the entities named in the filing are not “proper parties to an ethics complaint because they do not qualify as elected officials or members of a board or…
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