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Judicial committee tables proposed rewrite of city ethics code for further revision
Summary
The Judicial-Legislative Committee reviewed an ethics-code rewrite from the ethics committee; committee members sought additional clarifications (definitions, gifts, harassment, consent agenda rules) and voted to table the draft for up to two months for further work and council input.
The Judicial-Legislative Committee reviewed a recommended rewrite of the city ethics code prepared by the ethics committee and decided to table the draft for further revision.
Julie Livingston, attorney for the ethics committee, presented a substantially reworked draft the committee had prepared. She said the ethics committee had tried to “slim down” the code by tracking state law more closely, reducing the number of definitions, and focusing on the “substantial interest” standard. The ethics committee also…
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