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Syracuse governance panel weighs dissolving resident advisory committee after ethics finding
Summary
Michelle, Neighborhood & Business Development staff, told the Syracuse Housing Strategies Corporation Governance Committee that corporation counsel has advised that Resident Advisory Committee members would be subject to the same ethics and open‑meetings rules as board members, meaning they could not apply for organization funds during service and for two years after.
Michelle, Neighborhood & Business Development staff, told the Syracuse Housing Strategies Corporation Governance Committee that corporation counsel (city and outside counsel) has given a unanimous legal opinion that the ethics provisions applying to board members and staff also apply to any members of the Resident Advisory Committee. "That means basically in its simplest form, that residents would not be able to apply for funds through the organization if they were on that committee for the duration of their term on the committee and then for a period of two years after their term concludes," Michelle said.
The ruling prompted a discussion of two paths. Michelle outlined option A:…
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