Ethics board narrows Spraggins/Hendricks complaint, schedules hearing on three allegations

After reviewing a Department of Law memorandum, the Board of Ethical Conduct on Oct. 1 recommended a hearing on three narrow allegations that a fair‑board commissioner may have violated Metro standards of conduct. The board voted to dismiss three other claims and set a tentative hearing date for Nov. 24, 2025, at 10 a.m.

The Department of Law summarized six allegations against the commissioner and advised the board that three of them—accepting free admission or access to a private event from a vendor seeking a significant contract, receiving media or public‑relations direction from a vendor’s representative in connection with an active contract discussion, and disclosure of confidential deal materials not yet public—could, if proven, be deemed violations of the Metropolitan Code standards of conduct. The department recommended dismissal of the remaining counts, including claims that campaign contributions alone constituted an ethics violation and that the conduct was within procurement‑code violations or outside the…