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Ione council adopts formal censure policy for elected officials, expands scope to all elected city officials

2503952 · March 5, 2025
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Summary

Council adopted a formal censure policy establishing a process for written complaints, hearings, potential admonishment or formal censure and a possible investigation; council expanded language to apply to all elected city officials.

The Ione City Council on March 4 adopted a formal policy establishing a procedure to consider censure requests against elected officials.

City Attorney presented a proposed censure procedure that defines types of conduct that could trigger a request (including interference with city-manager form of government, violation of the Brown Act or Political Reform Act, abuse of public resources, or conduct causing extraordinary legal expense). The procedure…

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