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Council debates broad financial-disclosure requirement for elected and appointed officials
Summary
Council members discussed an ordinance to amend Chapter 59 (Code of Ethics) to require financial disclosures from elected officials, department heads and many appointed board and commission members; members debated scope, privacy and enforcement and asked for the form to be circulated.
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Binghamton City Council discussed an ordinance to amend Chapter 59 (Code of Ethics) to add a financial-disclosure filing requirement for elected officials, department heads and many appointed boards, commissions and advisory bodies.
Council member Kavanaugh introduced the proposed ordinance and described its scope: elected officials (the mayor and city councilors), department heads and their deputies and assistants, and members of a long list of boards and commissions would be required to file financial-disclosure…
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