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Commissioners review revised public ethics code; county attorney and ethics board outline updates
Summary
County legal staff and the Caroline County ethics board presented a revised public ethics code focused on recusal procedures, disclosures of private contacts and expanded family‑interest definitions.
County legal staff and a member of the county ethics board presented a proposed revision to Caroline County’s public ethics code and described several substantive changes the county ethics board recommended.
County Attorney Barrel (as identified in the meeting) and an ethics board member said the revision implements guidance required by the Maryland Public Ethics Law and clarifies several commonly recurring issues in local practice: how a recused official must physically remove themself from discussions and votes, a prohibition on private ex parte meetings between applicants and board or commission…
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