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Kingston ethics board asks Common Council to review expanding annual financial disclosures
Summary
The City of Kingston Board of Ethics voted unanimously May 20 to ask the Common Council to review whether additional city officers and employees should be required to file annual financial-disclosure statements, including police-commission members and department deputies who act as heads.
KINGSTON, N.Y. — The City of Kingston Board of Ethics voted unanimously May 20 to ask the Common Council to review whether additional city officers and employees should be required to file annual financial-disclosure statements, including members of the police commission and deputies who assume department-head responsibilities.
The request, made during the board's regular meeting, directs the board secretary to draft and send a letter asking the Common Council to “look at and determine” whether specific positions should be added to the city’s list of offices required to file disclosures. The board approved the motion unanimously by the three members present; a fourth member participated by phone and did not vote.
Board members said the goal is transparency where individuals exercise the authority of a department head. Chair Walter, speaking as the meeting opened,…
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