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Binghamton council advances ordinance to require financial disclosures for officials
Summary
The Binghamton City Council voted 6-0 to introduce Ordinance O25-43, which would require financial-disclosure forms from elected officials, appointed board members and certain department heads; council members debated exemptions for advisory volunteers and said the county form would be used as a template.
The Binghamton City Council on first reading introduced Ordinance O25-43, a proposal to require financial-disclosure forms from elected officials, appointed board members and some department-level positions. The motion to introduce the ordinance passed on a 6-0 roll call with one member absent.
Council member Betzke, who moved to introduce the ordinance, said the city currently does not require such disclosures and that the measure would “put us more in line with how other levels of government operate in terms of…
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