Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics approves agenda; executive director outlines training, ordinance review request

The Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics approved its Feb. 6 agenda and received updates from the executive director about recent and planned ethics trainings, outreach events and a pending request for the Board of County Commissioners to open an ordinance review committee.

The commission voted to approve the agenda after Chair Vara Garcia called for the ayes: "All in favor, say aye," commissioners responded and the motion carried.

The executive director told commissioners that staff presented ethics training to the city of Riviera Beach in January and that three additional trainings for Riviera Beach are scheduled in February. The director also said staff have several outreach events planned and are working with county administration to request that the Board of County Commissioners open the ordinance review committee so the county ethics…