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Council staff seeks feedback on updated code of conduct; ALRC asks for cultural and media language
Summary
The ALRC reviewed proposed amendments to the council's elected and appointed official code of conduct. The committee recommended approval to the full council with additional language requested to explicitly cover derogatory statements about culture and guidance on talking to the media; the recommendation passed with one abstention.
Karen Kapusta Popal, chief of staff to the Common Council, presented proposed revisions to the Council's elected and appointed official code of ethical conduct, asking committees for feedback before the changes return to the Council.
The proposed updates add guidance on conduct toward staff and the public, clarify when members speak for themselves versus the body, expand conflict-resolution guidance and provide a more detailed process for censuring an alder. Kapusta Popal told the Alcohol License Review Committee (ALRC) that staff compiling feedback will deliver comments to the Council as part of a multi-committee review before the Council considers adoption.
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