NORWALK, Dec. 2, 2025 — The Norwalk City Board of Ethics met in a special hybrid session Wednesday and moved into executive session to receive an update from its investigating panel on an ethics complaint dated Sept. 23, 2025, then returned to public session saying no votes or actions were taken.

Brian Candel, assistant corporation counsel and staff to the board, opened the meeting in the City Council Chambers and confirmed a quorum. The board unanimously approved amended minutes from its Oct. 23, 2025 meeting after correcting a misstatement in the draft minutes about who had been nominated to the investigating panel.

"It says Miss Sawyer moved to nominate Miss Sawyer, and Miss Segundo, but I was not on the investigative panel," Michelle Sawyer, a board member, said while requesting the correction; the board directed staff to amend the minutes and then voted to approve them. Voting members present were Amy Ayala, Laurie Lyle, Michelle Sawyer, Pat Tony and Catherine Williams Merchant.

Candel announced the board would go into executive session for the sole purpose of hearing the investigating panel’s decision about the ethics complaint dated Sept. 23, 2025. The board made and seconded a motion to enter executive session; the sitting members voted unanimously to do so.

After the closed session, Candel told the public, "No actions or votes were taken in executive session." He also noted that no new ethics complaints were discussed and that materials related to the City Code Chapter 32 and the board's citizens guide would be posted on the agenda/website for public review.

The special meeting closed with a motion to adjourn that carried. The board did not announce any further public actions or scheduled follow-up at the meeting.

The meeting record includes a notation that former board member Micky Colazar, a former assistant corporation counsel, would join the executive session. The investigating panel referenced in the session was established at the board’s prior meeting on Oct. 23, 2025 to consider the complaint dated Sept. 23, 2025.