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Forest Park council adopts ethics ordinance amendment to allow outside hearing officers
Summary
The Forest Park mayor and council on Nov. 3 adopted Ordinance 2025-17 amending the city ethics code to permit appointment of an independent, out-of-city attorney to hear ethics complaints when no ethics board is seated. The change codifies a prior resolution and sets eligibility requirements for appointees.
Forest Park — The Forest Park mayor and council voted on Nov. 3 to adopt Ordinance 2025-17, an amendment to the city’s ethics ordinance that allows the appointment of an independent third-party hearing officer to review ethics complaints when there is no sitting ethics board.
City staff told the council the change formalizes a practice previously authorized by a 2021 resolution but not reflected in the municipal code. Under…
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