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Rules Committee Moves Ethics Commission Cleanup Ordinance Forward
Summary
The committee advanced an Ethics Commission-sponsored ordinance clarifying a one-year restriction on communications with former departments and prohibiting employment by a party to a city contract within one year for employees who personally participated in awarding the contract.
A brief presentation from the City Attorney’s Office explained an Ethics Commission–sponsored amendment to the campaign and governmental code intended as a cleanup measure. Deputy City Attorney John Givner said the ordinance would extend a one-year restriction on communication with one’s former department to employees who transfer within the city and add a prohibition on employment by a party to a city contract within one year where the employee had personally and substantially participated in awarding the contract.
Supervisors asked hypothetical clarifying questions about whether the restrictions would bar routine interdepartmental communications or consulting in certain roles; Givner said the text was intended as a technical cleanup adopted by the Ethics Commission earlier in the year. A few public commenters offered critical remarks about the breadth of the change, but the committee moved the ordinance forward without objection.
Next steps: the ordinance will be placed on the Board agenda for further consideration.
