Board of Ethics presses for public disclosure of filing status, delays enforcement

The Board of Ethics discussed large-scale delinquency on required annual financial-disclosure filings and agreed to pursue a public webpage showing each filer’s status while postponing formal enforcement until staff and counsel questions are answered.

Board members said dozens of disclosure forms were still missing and described plans to add an "Annual financial disclosure status" button on the board’s page that would display a simple list with name, title and whether a form is received, filed, delinquent or fined. Tim Allen, identified in the meeting as the city communications director, was named as the point person the board expects to ask to publish the page.

The board’s chair (name not specified in the public record) opened the discussion by noting the scale of delinquency and asking that the matter be reviewed in executive session; the chair also described prior communications with the clerk’s office and the mayor’s office to notify filers. One board member read from the board’s rules and regulations (revisions through 06/06/2024), citing Article 3’s limits on who may issue official statements.

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