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Board of Ethics directs staff to redraft ex parte-communications language for clarity
Summary
Board members agreed staff should propose clearer ordinance wording about ex parte communications, replacing the term 'pendency' with language such as 'pending' or 'until the complaint is resolved.' Staff will return a redline in a future meeting.
The Denton Board of Ethics instructed staff to prepare clearer ordinance language about ex parte communications in ethics complaints, with members asking the code to avoid legal jargon and specify when restrictions begin and end.
At the April 14 meeting, staff presented the current ethics ordinance language about ex parte communications under City of Denton Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article 11. Members raised…
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