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Committee recommends change to Germantown ethics code to limit membership to residents and adopt percentage vote threshold

2341986 · February 18, 2025
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Summary

The committee recommended adopting an ordinance amendment to Germantown Municipal Code section 1.064 to require ethics board members be residents and to replace a fixed "4-to-1" voting requirement with a percentage-based threshold to account for vacancies and absences.

The General Government & Finance Committee recommended adoption of an ordinance amending section 1.064 of the Germantown Municipal Code that would (1) remove language allowing nonresidents to serve on the ethics board and (2) replace a fixed 4-to-1 voting requirement with a percentage-based threshold tied to actual membership.

Village Attorney Sajak said the…

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