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Ethics Commission adopts annual report as amended and votes to meet in closed session on potential litigation
Summary
The Commission adopted its annual report with date corrections and an added future-initiatives bullet, approved a motion to go into closed session to discuss potential litigation as plaintiff under the Brown Act and Sunshine Ordinance, and later voted to keep the closed-session discussion confidential; minutes for July and August were also adopted.
The Ethics Commission voted to adopt its annual report as amended and took procedural votes to address an anticipated litigation matter in closed session.
Adoption of annual report: The Commission considered corrections to the report (including date corrections to Commissioner Keene’s service record) and an amendment to add a future-initiatives bullet referencing civil grand jury recommendations. A Commissioner moved and another seconded the adoption; the chair called a voice vote and the motion passed.
Closed session and confidentiality: The Commission then moved to go into closed session pursuant to the Charter, the Brown Act and the local Sunshine Ordinance to discuss a matter in which the Commission anticipated being a plaintiff in litigation. The motion to enter closed session passed on a voice vote. After returning to open session the Commission voted to keep the closed-session discussion confidential.
Other routine actions: The Commission adopted the July and August minutes as amended (a correction to the August minutes' phrasing was noted) and adjourned the meeting by voice vote.
Procedure note: The meeting record shows these votes were taken by voice and the transcript records the outcome as passed; the record does not include a roll-call tally in the public portion of the transcript and no formal investigation or substantive policy decision on the pending complaints was taken during open session.
