Directors directed staff to send several policy redlines from committee review to legal counsel for review, including procurement (FI10), conflict-of-interest (LO2) alignment and the asset-preservation-fee policy (FI17).

Budget & Finance Committee chair Director Becknell presented the procurement redlines and flagged an inconsistency: one policy set a $50 limit on gratuities for committee members while the conflict-of-interest policy (LO2) set $25 for governing-board directors. The committee recommended consolidating the rules into LO2 so all gift limits and annual caps are managed in one policy and avoid contradictory dollar limits.

Novello and other directors agreed the procurement policy should cross-reference LO2 rather than repeat its language. Director Schlemmer said he would prefer a single, consistent dollar limit for both committees and directors, but the immediate direction was to consolidate and have LO2 rewritten for clarity.

Director Becknell also proposed FI17 changes specifying that APF refund applications must be submitted within 12 months of the recorded date of the property transfer; Director Grama successfully requested changing the purpose language to say the policy "implements" the fee rather than "establishes" it, reflecting that authorizing language exists in the bylaws.

The board acted by consensus to send the committee redlines to legal counsel and to have staff and relevant committee chairs (including Budget & Finance and Procurement liaisons) coordinate the LO2 rewrite so the gift/conflict provisions apply uniformly to directors and committee members.

What happens next: staff and committees will produce a unified LO2 draft and related redlines for legal review; counsel will return suggested edits, and the board will vote at a future regular meeting if language is unchanged.

Why it matters: consolidating conflict-of-interest and gift rules clarifies ethical limits across directors and volunteers and reduces the risk of contradictory policy language that can create enforcement confusion.