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Warren County Board of Ethics approves minutes, orders failure-to-file notices and moves to executive session
Summary
At its first meeting, the Warren County Board of Ethics approved Oct. 8, 2020 minutes, voted to send failure-to-file notices to four people who had not submitted 2025 financial disclosure statements, and voted to enter an executive session under Public Officers Law §105(1)(f) to consider a personnel-related ethics complaint.
Warren County—At its first meeting, the Warren County Board of Ethics approved the minutes of Oct. 8, 2020, voted to send failure-to-file notifications to four people who have not submitted 2025 financial disclosure statements, and voted to enter an executive session under Public Officers Law §105(1)(f) to consider an ethics complaint and related closed-investigation matters.
The board voted to waive the reading and approve the Oct. 8, 2020 minutes. A motion to waive the reading and approve the minutes was made and seconded; the presiding officer called for a voice vote and recorded unanimous approval in open session (no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript).
Chair Moynihan moved that the board issue failure-to-file notifications to four individuals who had not yet filed their 2025 financial disclosure statements. "So I'm gonna make a motion that we issue a failure to file notification to each of those people, requiring them to file their 2025 financial disclosure statement," Chair Moynihan said. The motion was seconded and approved in open session. The board did not record roll-call votes in the public transcript; the motion was announced as approved.
Before the vote on the notifications, Chair Moynihan said he had spoken with county staff and with Mary Summer about who falls under the county's filing requirements. "I'm not getting paid by Warren County. How do I fall in the category of employee? Apparently, I am for the purpose of this," he said, asking members to consult the county lawyer's office for clarifications about who must file.
Near the end of the public meeting a member requested a motion to enter an executive session under Public Officers Law §105(1)(f) "to consider matters leading to the demotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal, or removal of particular person or persons concerning board of ethics complaint 2024-3 and other matters submitted to the board of ethics relating to the closed investigation." A motion and second were recorded, and the chair called the voice vote in favor; the meeting then moved into executive session. The board did not discuss details of complaint 2024-3 in open session.
The public record at the end of the meeting notes that Chair Moynihan left during the session; Vice Chair LaBarre then served as chair, and alternate member Miss Hayes served as a regular member for the remainder of the meeting.
The board did not set follow-up public deadlines in the transcript; members indicated staff (the county lawyer's office and "Larry") would be consulted about filing requirements and possible code revisions.
