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Board of Ethics tables hearings on complaints against mayor and councilmember, cites quorum rules
Summary
The South Padre Board of Ethics on May 7, 2025, voted to table hearings on complaints filed by Steven McCauley against Mayor Patrick McNulty and City Councilmember Joe Rico and rescheduled the matters to a future meeting when at least four board members can attend.
The South Padre Board of Ethics on May 7, 2025, voted to table hearings on complaints filed by Steven McCauley against Mayor Patrick McNulty and City Councilmember Joe Rico and rescheduled the matters to a future meeting when at least four board members can attend.
The board also approved minutes from a prior meeting referenced as May 9, 2021.
The action came after legal counsel explained that Section 5 of the hearing code requires four of five board members to find a violation by a preponderance of the evidence, meaning the board could not make a final finding on the merits at the meeting with only three members present. "Section 5 of the hearing code, it says that 4 out of 5 members of the Board have to find beyond a preponderance of…
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