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Board approves revisions to local conflict-of-interest codes for multiple agencies; public hearing held
Summary
The board approved updates to economic conflict-of-interest (Form 700) codes for several agencies and the county CEO’s office and held a public hearing during which a resident raised unrelated concerns about local office-holding conflicts at Heber.
The Imperial County Board of Supervisors on March 18 approved revisions to economic conflict-of-interest codes for several local agencies and departments after a public hearing.
Lindsey Dale presented updates to conflict-of-interest codes required by Government Code Section 87306, noting agencies under review included the County Office of Education, Imperial Community College (Imperial Valley College), Calipatria Unified School District, Heber Elementary School District, Palo Verde County Water District and the county CEO’s office. Dale said most revisions were routine: title changes, additions or removals of positions created in the last two years. She also noted the Ag Commissioner’s office revisions were removed from the current packet after staff discovered the changes had been made previously in 2021.
The board opened the public hearing; a member of the public, who identified herself as Diana, raised concerns about alleged conflict-of-interest arrangements in Heber involving school and utility district offices. County staff said the matter raised by the commenter appeared to be outside the specific code-updates item and that the board office would review the information and follow up as appropriate. The presenter reiterated that the current hearing pertained only to economic-conflict-of-interest code revisions and that the board would accept questions specific to those revisions.
After the hearing, supervisors moved and approved the code revisions. The motion to approve the revisions was made by Supervisor Martha Cardenas Singh and seconded by Supervisor Jesus Eduardo Escobar; the board recorded the vote and adopted the changes.
Ending: Board action was limited to approval of administrative updates to conflict-of-interest codes for the named agencies; the board did not take formal action on the separate public commenter’s allegations, but staff said it would review the information and respond as appropriate.
